Week 1 Study Guide

Question 1

Abdomin/o-

Answer 1

Abdomen

Question 2

Cardi/o-

Answer 2

Heart (cardio)

Question 3

Hepat/o-

Answer 3

Liver

Question 4

Hemat/o-

Answer 4

Blood

Question 5

Cost/o-

Answer 5

Rib

Question 6

Phag/o-

Answer 6

Eating; swallowing

Question 7

Neur/o-

Answer 7

Nerve

Question 8

Nat/o-

Answer 8

Birth

Question 9

-pathy

Answer 9

Disease

Question 10

Dys-

Answer 10

Abnormal; difficult; painful

Question 11

Hyper-

Answer 11

Above; more than normal

Question 12

-iatry

Answer 12

Medical treatment

Question 13

-itis

Answer 13

Infection of; inflammation of

Question 14

-ectomy

Answer 14

Surgical removal

Question 15

Definition: Supportive medical and nursing care that keeps the patient comfortable but does not cure the disease.

Combining form: palliat/o-

Answer 15

Suffix: -Ive
Medical word: palliative

Question 16

Definition: Bodily direction of moving from the trunk of the body (and the point of attachment or origin of an arm or leg) toward the end of an arm or leg.

Combining form: dist/o-

Answer 16

Suffix:
-al

Build the medical word:
distal

Question 17

Definition: Cause or origin of a disease
Combining form: eti/o-

Answer 17

Suffix:
-logy

Build the medical word:
etiology

Question 18

Definition: Medical specialty related to older adults
Combining forms: ger/o- and -iatr/o

Answer 18

Suffix:
-ics

Build the medical word:
geriatrics

Question 19

Definition: A disorder caused by an abnormality in the fetus as it develops or caused by an abnormal process that occurs during gestation or birth.

Combining form: congenit/o

Answer 19

Suffix:
-al

Build the medical word:
congenital

Question 20

Definition: Below the catilage of the ribs.
Prefix: hypo-
Combining form: chondr/o-

Answer 20

Suffix:
-iac

Build the medical word:
hypochondriac

Question 21

Definition: Pertaining to break down food.
Combining form: digest/o-

Answer 21

Suffix:
-ive

Build the medical word:
digestive

Question 22

Definition: Disease of a joint.
Combining form: arthr/o-

Answer 22

Suffix:
-pathy

Build the medical word:
arthropathy

Question 23

Definition: Process of using an instrument to examine the stomach.
Combining form: gastr/o-

Answer 23

Suffix:
-scopy

Build the medical word:
gastroscopy

Question 24

Definition: Infection of the tonsils.
Combining form: tonsill/o-

Answer 24

Suffix:
-itis

Build the medical word:
tonsillitis

Question 25

Definition: Process (of making) urine.
Combining form: urin/o-

Answer 25

Suffix:
-ation

Build the medical word:
urination

Question 26

Definition: Knowledge (and) practice (of) pregnancy and childbirth.
Combining form: obstetr/o-

Answer 26

Suffix:
-ics

Build the medical word:
obstetrics

Question 27

Definition: Pertaining to (a) vein
Combining form: ven/o-

Answer 27

Suffix:
-ous

Build the medical word:
venous

Question 28

Definition: Study of (the) heart.
Combining form: cardi/o-

Answer 28

Suffix:
-logy

Build the medical word:
cardiology

Question 29

Definition: Using a stethoscope to listen to the sounds of the heart, lungs, or intenstines.
Combining form: auscult/o-

Answer 29

Suffix:
-ation

Build the medical word:
auscultation

Question 30

CC

Answer 30

Chief Complaint

Question 31

D.O.

Answer 31

Doctor of Osteopathy

Question 32

Dx

Answer 32

diagnosis

Question 33

EHR

Answer 33

electronic health record

Question 34

PCP

Answer 34

primary care physician

Question 35

H&P

Answer 35

History and Physical

Question 36

HIPAA

Answer 36

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Question 37

ICU

Answer 37

intensive care unit

Question 38

NP

Answer 38

nurse practitioner

Question 39

PA

Answer 39

physician’s assistant