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Medical Terminology
Root words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cervic/o is a combininb for for the: | neck |
| A patient with bilateral pain hurts on: | both sides of her body |
| A suffix that means the same as -synia is: | -algia |
| Patients with coronary heart disease have a disorder of their ______ system | cardiovascular |
| Celi/o has the same meaning as: | lapar/o |
| Which prefix means "bad, difficult, painful, abnormal"? | dys- |
| Which suffix does NOT mean "pertaining to"? | -ia |
| "Intra-" has a similar meaning to: | endo- |
| patients with osteochondritis are having problems with which type of tissue? | connective |
| The opposite of "hyper-" is | hypo- |
| A patient whose muscles have atrophied shows: | a lack of muscle development |
| A condition of excessive sweat production is: | hyperhydrosis |
| Surgical puncture of a joint is: | arthrocentesis |
| Loss of bone mass resulting in the bonees being fragile and at risk for fractures is: | osteoporosis |
| An x-ray record of a joint is an: | arthrography |
| The baby was born with six fingers on her right hand. She has: | polydactyly |
| Bone pain is called: | osteodynia |
| A feeling of pricklining, burning, or numbness is: | paresthesia |
| Paralysis on the right or left side of the body is: | hemiplegia |
| An x-ray of the cerebral arteries, including the internal carotids, taken after the injection of a contrast medium is: | cerebral angiography |
| Droopin of the upper eyelid is: | blepharochalasis |
| Progressive loss of elasticity of the lens, usually accompanying aging, is: | presbyopia |
| Measurement of the patency and mobility function of the eardrum is: | tympanometry |
| A substance that produces an immune reaction by its nature of being perceived as foreign to the body is a(n): | antigen |
| The combining form for the organ that serves to filter, store, and produce blood cells is: | splen/o |
| The process in which a donor's own blood is removed and stored in anticipation of a future need is: | autologous transfusion |
| A deficiency of all blood cells is: | pancytopenia |
| An abnormally slow heartbeat is: | bradycardia |
| An enlargement of the heart is: | cardiomegaly |
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