Parkinson disease is an example of a(n):
eponym
Barry's medical report indicates that he has glossitis, which is a(n):
inflammation of the tongue
Most medical terms are from which two languages?
Greek, Latin
Which of the following is an eponym?
Doppler
A suffix meaning pain is:
-algia
Which type of terms are the words angina and cataract?
nondecodable
Mrs. Thayer has a tracheal blockage. From this we know that she has a blockage in her ___.
trachea
Arthr/o is an example of a:
combining form
In the term intercostal, the prefix is:
inter-
In the term neonatology, the suffix is:
-logy
A combining form for bone is:
oste/o
The prefix anti- means:
against
A patient who has a prenatal visit sees her practitioner:
before the birth of her child
A patient has a surgical procedure described as an arthrotomy. The suffix -tomy means to incise, or make a cut. What was incised?
a joint
The combining forms dermat/o and derm/o both refer to:
skin
You are checking a report for errors and find that one of the procedures listed is misspelled. Which one is it?
ostetomy
A surgical repair of the eardrum (tympan/o) may be termed:
tympanoplasty
A patient having a gastrectomy is having a(n) ____ of his stomach.
excision
The study of the heart is termed:
cardiology
Dermatosis is a(n):
abnormal condition of the skin
Which of the following indicates pain in the eye?
ophthalmodynia
Patient X has a blockage in the coronary artery. From this we know that the blockage is in the artery that supplies blood to the ___.
heart
Mr. Barton has an inflamed liver. The term for this diagnosis is:
hepatitis
Which of the following disorders is an inflammatory condition?
enteritis
Which prefix means bad, painful, difficult, or abnormal?
dys-
Patients with food caught in their interdental spaces have pieces of food:
between their teeth
Examining the term epidermis, you would expect that the word part epi- refers to a structure ____ the dermis.
above
The rules for combining a word root and a suffix that starts with a vowel state that you should:
directly connect the word root and suffix
Which is spelled correctly?
gastrostomy
Which term meaning the drooping, or prolapse, of the eyelid is spelled correctly?
blepharoptosis
Which of the following means dry skin?
xeroderma
You have just heard a word that begins with an n sound, but you cannot find it in the dictionary under N. What other letter combinations could you try?
pn
One of your professors is using a term that sounds like it starts with a z, but you have read every Z term in your dictionary and it's not there. You should try looking under the letter:
x
Which is spelled correctly to describe the normal thyroid?
euthyroid
You are sure that you heard an f sound at the beginning of the term meaning a bone of the fingers or toes. After exhausting your possibilities in the F section of the dictionary, you realize that you could also try which letter combination?
ph
You encounter a term in a patient's medical report that describes a prolapse, or drooping. This term ends with the suffix spelled:
ptosis
Which is the correct spelling of the term that describes the study of the mind?
psychology
Patient Y is diagnosed with an inflammation of the lungs, identified in his medical report as:
pneumonitis
The plural of vertebra is:
vertebrae
The plural of phalanx is:
phalanges
What is the singular of thrombi?
thrombus
What is the singular of septa?
septum
What is the singular of prognoses?
prognosis
What is the singular of larynges?
larynx
What is the plural of digitus?
digiti
Patient N is treated for two broken bones in her toe. The toes bones are called _____ in the surgeon's report.
phalanges
One of the terms used to describe a patient's healthy condition starts with a u sound. You can't find it in the U listings, so you check under which spelling?
eu
The plural form of the term therapy is:
therapies
The singular form of the term arthroses is:
arthrosis
The plural of bulla is:
bullae
The combining form ___ means tongue.
gloss/o and lingu/o
Patient R's medical report indicates that he has arthralgia, which is:
joint pain
The combining form ___ means windpipe.
trache/o
The professor dictated the terms that would be included on the next examination, but you didn't recognize the one that started with a t sound. Later, when reviewing your notes, you realize that it could have started with a(n):
p
Which is an instrument to measure the function of the eardrum (tympan/o)?
tympanometer
A patient with muscular dystrophy has ____ development (-trophy) of the muscles.
abnormal
The rule for the order of joining word roots at the beginning of a term is to:
put them in order of the directionality of the body system and add combining vowels between each word root regardless of whether the initial letter starts with a consonant or a vowel
MRI is a(n):
abbreviation
A patient who complains of hyperesthesia has _____ feeling (esthesi/o).
excessive
An antibacterial agent:
acts against bacteria
Jessica is describing her new career to a friend. Because she records many aspects of a subject's sleeping habits, she is called a(n) ___.
polysomnographer
A patient scheduled for a procedure to visualize the interior of his stomach is having (a):
gastroscopy
The rule for combining a word root and a suffix that starts with a vowel states that you should:
directly connect the word root and suffix
The o in the term thermometer is a:
combining vowel
Epi-, sub-, and pre- are examples of:
prefixes
A patient with an enteropathy has a(n) ____ of the intestines.
disease
A patient having a gastrectomy was having a(n) ____ of his stomach.
excision
The correct spelling of the term that means inflammation of the heart is:
carditis
Which of these terms means heart pain?
cardiodynia
The singular of bacteria is:
bacterium
The suffix that means blood condition is:
-emia
Which word root part means heart?
cardi/ and coron/