Chapter 2

Question 1

Which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word?

Answer 1

Root word

Question 2

In the medical term ‘intra/ven/ous’, -ven- is the?

Answer 2

word root or stem word

Question 3

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

Answer 3

prefix

Question 4

In the medical term ‘arthr/itis’, -itis is the:

Answer 4

suffix

Question 5

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

Answer 5

suffix

Question 6

The most common combining vowel is:

Answer 6

“o”

Question 7

In the divided medical term ‘arthr/o/pathy’, “o” is the:

Answer 7

combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix

Question 8

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

Answer 8

sub- and -ic

Question 9

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

Answer 9

word root and combining vowel

Question 10

In the divided medical term ‘osteoporosis/o/sis’, the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel “o” may be used as part of which word parts?

Answer 10

por- and -osis

Question 11

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

Answer 11

pertains to

Question 12

Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:

Answer 12

action taken, condition, or state

Question 13

Adjectives usually modify a noun to denote quality, quantity, extent, or:

Answer 13

distinction of the object from something else

Question 14

Breaking a compound term into its component word parts combined with a vowel or vowels is called:

Answer 14

fracturing

Question 15

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

Answer 15

viscer/o-

Question 16

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

Answer 16

muscle

Question 17

The combining form that means “cause of disease” is:

Answer 17

eti/o

Question 18

The prefix that means “change or after” is:

Answer 18

meta-

Question 19

The suffix that means “to control or stop” is:

Answer 19

-stasis

Question 20

The medical term that means “the science of or study of body changes caused by diseases” is:

Answer 20

path/o/logy

Question 21

The combining form -phas- means:

Answer 21

to speak; utter

Question 22

The prefix that means “change or after” is:

Answer 22

meta-

Question 23

The combining form onc/o means:

Answer 23

tumor

Question 24

The medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue or a tumor is”

Answer 24

neoplasm

Question 25

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

Answer 25

crab-like tumor

Question 26

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

Answer 26

melano/carcin/oma

Question 27

The term ‘af/ferent’ which may be used to describe sensory impulses is defined as:

Answer 27

conveying toward the center

Question 28

“I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia…” is the beginning of what famous oath?

Answer 28

Hippocratic

Question 29

If an infection is “chronic” it is characterized by:

Answer 29

little change, slow progression and long duration

Question 30

A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a:

Answer 30

fibrochondroma

Question 31

The study of disease is referred to as:

Answer 31

pathology

Question 32

The prefix of the term catabolism means:

Answer 32

down, under, against

Question 33

A fatty tumor is called a(n):

Answer 33

lipoma

Question 34

The term “metastasis” means:

Answer 34

to spread

Question 35

The term “clinical” means:

Answer 35

at patient’s bedside

Question 36

The term “diagnosis” means:

Answer 36

total knowledge

Question 37

The term “prognosis” means:

Answer 37

before knowledge

Question 38

The term “graphy” means:

Answer 38

procedure using an instrument to record something

Question 39

The term “stetho/scop/e” literally means:

Answer 39

instrument to examine the chest

Question 40

The term “laryngo/scop/y” literally and actually means:

Answer 40

the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box

Question 41

The term “surgery” literally means:

Answer 41

procedure of working by hand

Question 42

ninety-nine percent of words in a medical dictionary are composed of nouns, verbs and:

Answer 42

adjectives

Question 43

A compound term is derived from two or more:

Answer 43

word roots

Question 44

Antonyms comprise medical terms and are words that:

Answer 44

have opposite meanings

Question 45

The word “afebrile” has a prefix which means:

Answer 45

without or not

Question 46

The word “periosteum” has a prefix which means:

Answer 46

around

Question 47

Which example of the compound term “ankylosing” is fractured correctly?

Answer 47

Ankylos/ing

Question 48

In the medical term “pleurisy”, what is the meaning of its suffix?

Answer 48

inflamed

Question 49

Which surgical suffix means “procedure or process of cutting out?”

Answer 49

-ec/tom/y

Question 50

In the medical term “cephalgia”, the combining verb form means:

Answer 50

pain

Question 51

If a patient has “ptosis” of their eyelid, you can expect to see the eyelid:

Answer 51

drooping

Question 52

A patient that is “euthyroid” has:

Answer 52

normal thyroid function

Question 53

The prefix extra- means

Answer 53

outside

Question 54

A patient with cyanosis has which skin color?

Answer 54

blue

Question 55

A patient who is adducting their arm is moving it”

Answer 55

toward their body

Question 56

A patient who has undergone a nephrectomy has had which of the following removed?

Answer 56

kidney

Question 57

A patient with rhabdomyolysis has destruction of:

Answer 57

striated muscle

Question 58

An atrophic muscle would appear:

Answer 58

shruken

Question 59

John’s physician told him that his disease was idiopathic. This means its cause is:

Answer 59

unknown