Med Term Mid Term

Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:

action taken, condition, or state

An epithelial or covering cell malignant tumor is referred to as a(n):

carcinoma

In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the:

combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix

The term 'af/ferent' (as in sensory impulses) is defined as

conveying toward the center

26. The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:

crab-like tumor "invades with crab-like leg growths

Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or _____

distinction of the object from something else

If a tumor is found to be benign, it is:

encapsulated, slow growing, and expansive

The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is

eti/o

A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a(n)

fibrochondroma

. The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers to:

formation, growth or development

Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with its combining vowel or vowels) is called:

fracturing

"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the beginning of what famous oath?

hippocratic oath

Cancers of the circulatory system include

leukemia and lymphomas

. A fatty tumor is called a(n) :

lipoma, steatoma, or adipoma

If an infection is "Chronic" it is characterized by:

little change, slow progression, long duration

The abdominal cavity contains the:

liver

The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is:

melano/carcin/oma

The prefix that means "change or after" is

meta-

My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means:

muscle

the medical term for new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is

neoplasm

The most common combining vowel is

o

The medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by disease" is

pathology

The study of disease is referred to as

pathology

The phrase, refers to or _____, is a generalized actual meaning (not a literal meaning) used for the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um.

pertains to

In the divided medial term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o" may be used as part of which word parts?

por and osis

The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a(n):

prefix

The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of a word is the

root word "stem word"

The suffix that means "to control or stop" is

stasis

In the divided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix and which part is the suffix?

sub and ic

In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the

suffix

The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the

suffix

The combining form onc/o- means

tumor

The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:

viscer/o-

The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the _____ _____ and _____ _____:

word root and combining vowel

In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the

word root or stem word