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