Spelling quiz week 1

Question 1

Histology

Answer 1

A person engaged in the study of microscopic structure of tissue

Question 2

Dermatology

Answer 2

Study of skin and its diseases

Question 3

Hyperglycemia

Answer 3

Increase in blood sugar which can result in diabetes

Question 4

Ophthalmologist

Answer 4

Physician that specializes in diseases and disorders of the eye

Question 5

Pneumonitis

Answer 5

Inflammation of the lungs known as pneumonia

Question 6

Combing forms

Answer 6

In med term the word root with a combining form vowel (usually an “o”) that aids in making the word pronounceable particularly when adding a suffix that begins with a consonant

Question 7

Prefix

Answer 7

A word component added to the beginning of a word root or combining form that typically modifies the remaining part of the term

Question 8

Suffix

Answer 8

An addition to the end of a term that changed the grammatical function of term

Question 9

Airborne

Answer 9

Transported or carried throughout the air

Question 10

Bacteria

Answer 10

Unicellular microorganism concerned with the fermentation and putrefaction of matter: diseases causing agent

Question 11

Biohazardous

Answer 11

Any Material that has been in contact with bodily fluids and is potentially capable of transmitting disease

Question 12

Blood borne

Answer 12

Capable of being transported in blood

Question 13

Word root

Answer 13

A component of a medical term that does not have a combining form vowel attached

Question 14

Disinfection

Answer 14

A process by which disease producing microorganisms or pathogens are killed however disinfectants do not always kill spores

Question 15

Fungi

Answer 15

Simple parasitic plants such as yeast or mold that depend on other life forms for a nutritional source

Question 16

Microorganisms

Answer 16

A microscopic living body not perceivable by the naked eye

Question 17

Parasites

Answer 17

Organisms that live in or on another organism with out rendering it any service in return

Question 18

Pathogen

Answer 18

Any microorganisms or substance capable of producing a disease

Question 19

Rickettsia

Answer 19

Any of a family of rod shaped coccid or diplococcus shaped often pleomorphic gram negative bacteria that are intercellular parasites of arthropods lice or ticks and are transmitted to humans cause various diseases such as typhus

Question 20

Protozoa

Answer 20

A single cell animal

Question 21

Sanitization

Answer 21

Process of washing and scrubbing to remove materials such as body tissue, blood, or other bodily fluids

Question 22

Standard precautions

Answer 22

Guidelines for prevention of infectious diseases and nosocomial infections established by centers for diseases control and prevention

Question 23

Vector

Answer 23

Organism such as an insect that transmits a pathogen

Question 24

Viruses

Answer 24

Very simple, frequently pathogenic microorganisms capable of replicating within living cells

Question 25

Afebrile

Answer 25

W out fever

Question 26

Apical

Answer 26

Referring to apex

Question 27

Apnea

Answer 27

Absense of breathing

Question 28

Bradycardia

Answer 28

Slow heart rate

Question 29

Bradypnea

Answer 29

An abnormally slow rate of respirations

Question 30

Dyspnea

Answer 30

Difficulty or labored breathing