Which term describes the screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place for treatment?

triage

Which term is a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder?

prognosis

Which combining form means pus?

PY/O

Which term describes evidence of disease that can be observed only by the patient?

symptom

Which term refers to the time and events after birth?

postnatal

Which term means abnormal enlargement of the heart?

cardiomegaly

Which suffix means the process of recording a picture?

-GRAPHY

Which combining form means plaque or fatty substance?

ATHER/O

Which suffix means pain or suffering?

-ALGIA

Which procedure is the surgical repair of a muscle?

myoplasty

Which term describes a torn, ragged wound?

laceration

Which suffix means abnormal enlargement?

-MEGALY

Which prefix means deficient, decreased?

HYPO-

In the term gastroenteritis which word root requires a combining vowel?

GASTR/O

Which term means a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder?

prognosis

Which condition is characterized by redness, heat, swelling, and pain?

inflammation

Which of these suffixes requires the use of a combining vowel?

-RRHEA

Which term describes a disease or procedure named for the person who first discovered it?

eponym

Which suffix means abnormal enlargement?

-MEGALY

Which term describes the screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place for treatment?

triage