Medical Language and Health Care Today

Question 1

What are 5 skills needed in order to communicate

Answer 1

1) Reading medical words
2) Hearing others speak medical words
3) thinking, analyzing, and understanding medical words
4) writing ( or typing) and spelling medical words
5) speaking and pronouncing medical words

Question 2

Origin of medical language

Answer 2

greak and latin

Question 3

Define prefix

Answer 3

an optional word beginning

Question 4

Define combining form

Answer 4

the foundation of a medical word

Question 5

Define suffix

Answer 5

a word ending

Question 6

What 8 suffixes mean “ pertaining to”

Answer 6

-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-ic
-ine
-ive
-ous

Question 7

What suffix means “condition;state;thing”

Answer 7

-ia

Question 8

what suffic means “ action; condition”

Answer 8

-ion

Question 9

Define coronal

Answer 9

divide the body into anterior ( front) and posterior( back)

Question 10

Define sagittal

Answer 10

divide the body into right and left section

Question 11

Define transverse

Answer 11

divide the body into superior ( upper) and inferior ( lower)

Question 12

Define cephalad direction

Answer 12

moving toward the head

Question 13

Define caudad direction

Answer 13

moving toward the tailbone

Question 14

What are the 5 main cavities

Answer 14

cranial
spinal
thoracic
abdominal
pelvic

Question 15

Define otolaryngology

Answer 15

ears,nose,sinuses,throat,and larynx

Question 16

Define disease

Answer 16

any change in the normal structure or the function of the body

Question 17

define disorder

Answer 17

disturbance of action or function

Question 18

Define etiology

Answer 18

cause of origin of a disease or disorder

Question 19

Define the disease type congenital

Answer 19

fetal abnormality or abnormal process during gestation or birth

Question 20

Define the disease type degenerative

Answer 20

progressive destruction of cells due to disease or the aging process

Question 21

Define the disease type environmental

Answer 21

exposure to substances in the environment

Question 22

Define the disease type genetics

Answer 22

mutation in genes or chromosomes during fetal development

Question 23

Define the disease type hereditary

Answer 23

inherited defective gene passed on bu a parent who is a carrier

Question 24

Define the disease type hospital acquired infection

Answer 24

exposure to a disease-causing agent in thr hospital environment

Question 25

Define the disease type latrogenic

Answer 25

medicine or treatment received by the patient

Question 26

Define the disease type ldiopathic

Answer 26

no identifiable cause

Question 27

Define the disease type infectious

Answer 27

pathogen ( e.g bacterium,virus, fungus)

Question 28

Define the disease type neoplastic

Answer 28

growth of a benign or malignant mass

Question 29

Define the disease type nutrional

Answer 29

lack of nutritious food insufficient food or inability to utilize nutrient

Question 30

Define symptom

Answer 30

any deviation from health that is experienced or felt by the patient

Question 31

Define sign

Answer 31

symptoms that can be seen or detected by others

Question 32

Define acute

Answer 32

sudden in nature and severe in intensity

Question 33

Define subacute

Answer 33

less severe in intensity

Question 34

Define chronic

Answer 34

continue for 3 months or longer

Question 35

Define exacerbation

Answer 35

sudden worsening of a disease’s symptoms or signs

Question 36

define remission

Answer 36

temporary improvement of symptoms and signs even though the disease has not been cured

Question 37

define relaspe ( recurrence)

Answer 37

return of the original systems or signs of a disease

Question 38

Define sequela

Answer 38

complication that remains after the original disease has resolved

Question 39

Define symptomatology

Answer 39

clinical picture of a patient’s symptoms and signs

Question 40

Define asymptomatic

Answer 40

have a disease but show no symptoms or signs

Question 41

Define syndrome

Answer 41

set of symptoms and signs associated with and characteristics of a particular diease

Question 42

Define therapeutic

Answer 42

symptoms or signs of the disease disappear

Question 43

Define refractory

Answer 43

doesn’t respond to treatment

Question 44

Define prognosis

Answer 44

predicted outcome of a disease

Question 45

Define recuperation

Answer 45

patient recovers and return to a normal state of health

Question 46

Define residual chronic disease

Answer 46

recuperation in not complete

Question 47

Define terminal illness

Answer 47

pt cannot recover, the disease eventually leads to death

Question 48

Define inspection

Answer 48

visual examination of external services and internal cavities

Question 49

Define palpation

Answer 49

use of fingers to feel masses and organs and detect tenderness and pain

Question 50

Define ausculation

Answer 50

use of a stethoscope to listen to body sounds

Question 51

Define percussion

Answer 51

tapping over body cavities to hear what sounds are produced