Medical Terminology for Health Professions, Spiral bound Version: Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical Terminology Flashcards


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What is the medical term for a wound or injury?

Trauma

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What is the medical term for the surgical repair of a nerve?

Neuroplasty is the surgical repair of a nerve (NEUR/O means nerve, and -PLASTY means surgical repair).

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What is the medical term for the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time?

Hemorrhage is the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time (HEM/O means blood and -RRHAGE means bleeding or abnormal excessive fluid discharge).

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Which combining form means plaque or fatty substance?

ATHER/O

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What is the medical term for a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease?

prognosis

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Which of the following terms means a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it?

eponym

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What does the term arterionecrosis mean?

The term arterionecrosis means the tissue death of an artery (ARTERI/O means artery, and -NECROSIS means tissue death).

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What does the suffix in the medical term gastrosis mean?

abnormal condition or disease

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What does the combining form POLI/O mean in the term poliomyelitis?

gray

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What does the combining form PYR/O in the term pyrosis mean?

fever or fire

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Which statement describes the term ilium?

the ilium is part of the hip bone.

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What does the suffix -GRAM mean in the medical term angiogram?

a picture or record

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What does the prefix HYPER- mean in the medical term hypertension?

excessive

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The medical term used to describe the time and events surrounding birth is ---.

perinatal

Perinatal refers to the time and events surrounding birth (PERI- means surrounding, NAT means birth, and -AL means pertaining to).

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The medical screening of patients to determine their priority of need and the proper place for treatment is called ---.

triage

Triage is the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place for treatment

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A surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid is known as ---.

abdominocentesis

Abdominocentesis is the surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid (ABDOMIN/O means abdomen, and -CENTESIS means a surgical puncture to remove fluid).

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The medical term for the frequent flow of loose or watery stools is diarrhea.

diarrhea

Diarrhea is the frequent flow of loose or watery stools (DIA- means through, and -RRHEA means flow or discharge).

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The medical term that means pertaining to a virus is ---.

viral

Viral means pertaining to a virus (VIR means virus or poison, and -AL means pertaining to).

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A localized response to an injury or the destruction of tissues is known as ---.

inflammation

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The medical term for inflammation of the appendix is ---.

appendicitis

Appendicitis means an inflammation of the appendix (APPENDIC means appendix, and -ITIS means inflammation).

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The study of the ears, nose, and throat is known as ---.

otorhinolaryngology

Otorhinolaryngology is the study of the ears, nose, and throat (OT/O means ear, RHIN/O means nose, LARYNG means larynx or throat, and -OLOGY means the study of).

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Greg Brewster is scheduled to have his tonsils removed. The medical term for this procedure is a ---.

tonsillectomy

A tonsillectomy is the surgical removal of the tonsils (TONSILL means tonsils, and -ECTOMY means surgical removal).

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The medical term --- describes any abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus.

mycosis

Mycosis describes any abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus (MYC means fungus, and -OSIS means abnormal condition or disease).

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Select word parts from the selection menus below to construct the correct medical term for the definition.

Clue: the study of disorders of the newborn

NEO-NAT-OLOGY

Neonatology is the study of disorders of the newborn (NEO- means new, NAT means birth, and -OLOGY means study of).

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Select word parts from the selection menus below to construct the correct medical term for the definition.

Clue: abnormal enlargement of the liver

HEPAT/O-MEGALY

Hepatomegaly means abnormal enlargement of the liver. (HEPAT/O means liver and -MEGALY means abnormal enlargement).