Chapter 2 Flashcards
self-test
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(n):
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 ‘osteoporosis/o/sis’, the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel “o” may be used as part of 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 (not a literal 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 form that means “cause of disease” is:
eti/o
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 diseases” is:
path/o/logy
The combining form -phas- means:
to speak; utter
The prefix that means “change or after” is:
meta-
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
“I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia…” is the beginning of what famous oath?
Hippocratic
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(n):
lipoma
The term “metastasis” means:
to spread
The term “clinical” means:
at patient’s bedside
The term “diagnosis” means:
total knowledge
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 “euthyroid” 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:
shruken
John’s physician told him that his disease was idiopathic. This means its cause is:
unknown
