Ch 2 Self-Test Questions Flashcards
Which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word?
root word
In the medical term ‘intra/ven/ous’, -ven- is the:
word root or stem word
The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a:
prefix
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 most common combining vowel is:
‘o’
In the divided medical term ‘arthr/o/pathy’, “o” is the:
combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix
In the divided medical term ‘sub/hepat/ic’, which part is the prefix and which part is the suffix?
sub- and -ic
The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the:
word root and combining vowel
In the divided medical term ‘osteopor/o/sis’, the slash lines indicate that the vowel “o” may be used as part which word parts?
por- and -osis
The suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um are used as a generalized actual meaning for the phrase “refers to or _______.”
pertains to
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:
action taken, condition, or state
Adjectives usually modify a noun to denote quality, quantity, extent, or:
distinction of the object from something else
Breaking a compound term into its component word parts combined with a vowel or vowels is called?
fracturing
The combining form or term that literally means “internal organs: is:
viscer/o-
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means:
muscle
The combining from -phas- means:
to speak; utter
The prefix that means “change or after” is:
meta-
The suffix that means “to control or stop” is:
-stasis
The medical term that means “the science of or study of body changes caused by disease” is:
path/o/logy
The combining form onc/o- means:
tumor
The medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue or a tumor is:
neoplasm
The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:
crab-like tumor
The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is:
melano/carcin/oma
The term ‘af/ferent’ which may be used to describe sensory impulses is defined as:
conveying toward the center
If an infection is “chronic” it is characterized by:
little change, slow progression, and long duration
A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a:
fibrochondroma
The study of disease is referred to as:
pathology
The prefix of the term catabolism means:
down, under, against
A fatty tumor is called a:
lipoma
The term “metastasis” means:
to spread
The term “diagnosis” means:
total knowledge
The term “clinical” means:
at patient’s bedside
The term “prognosis” means:
before knowledge
The term “graphy” means:
procedure using an instrument to record something
The term “stetho/scop/e” literally means:
instrument to examine the chest
The term “laryngo/scop/y” literally and actually means:
the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box
The term “surgery” literally means:
procedure of working by hand
Ninety-nine percent of words in a medical dictionary are composed of nouns, verbs, and:
adjectives
A compound term is derived from two or more:
word roots
Antonyms comprise medical terms and are words that:
have opposite meanings
The word “afebrile” has a prefix which means:
without or not
The word “periosteum” has a prefix which means:
around
which example of the compound term “ankylosing” is fractured correctly?
Ankylos/ing
In the medical term “pleurisy,” what is the meaning of its suffix?
Inflamed
Which surgical suffix means “procedure or process of cutting out?”
-ec/tom/y
In the medical term “cephalgia,” the combining verb form means:
pain
If a patient has “ptosis” of their eyelid, you can expect to see the eyelid:
drooping
A patient that is “eurthyroid” has:
Normal thyroid function
The prefix extra- means:
outside
A patient with cyanosis has which skin color?
blue
A patient who is adducting their arm is moving it:
toward their body
A patient who has undergone a nephrectomy has had which of the following removed?
kidney
A patient with rhabdomyolysis has destruction of:
striated muscle
An atrophic muscle would appear:
shrunken
