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WORKBOOK 1
INTRODUCTION TO MED. TERMIOLOGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bad, difficult, painful | dys- |
| excessive, increased | hyper- |
| enlargement | -megaly |
| pain, suffering | -algia |
| surgical removal | -ectomy |
| abnormal condition or disease | -osis |
| abnormal softening | -malacia |
| deficient, decreased | -hypo |
| inflammation | -itis |
| tissue death | -necrosis |
| bleeding, bursting forth | -rrhage |
| creation of artificial opening to the body | -ostomy |
| surgical incision | -otomy |
| surgical repair | -plasty |
| surgical suturing | -rrhapy |
| visual examination | -scopy |
| rupture | -rrhexis |
| abnormal narrowing | -stenosis |
| abnormal hardening | -sclerosis |
| flow or discharge | -rrhea |
| The ___________________ describes any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord A. myelopathy B. myopathy C. pyelitis D. pyrosis | A. myelophathy |
| The medical term for higher than normal blood pressure ______________ | B. hypertension |
| The term ____________ means pertaining to birth. | natal |
| Pain is classified as __________. | symptom |
| In the term myopathy, the suffix -pathy means | abnormal condition |
| white blood cells | leukocyte |
| prediction of the outcome of a disease | prognosis |
| swelling caused by excess fluid in the body tissues | edema |
| sudden onset | acute |
| turning the palm of the hand upward | supination |
| examination procedure | palpation |
| male gland | prostate |
| pathologic tissue change | lesion |
| pounding heart | palpatation |
| torn, ragged wound or an accidental cut wound | laceration |
| The medical term ________________ inflammation of the stomach | gastritis |
| The formation of pus is called ____________. | suppuration |
| The term meaning wound or injury is ________. | trauma |
| The term _________ means pertaining to a virus. | viral |
| An _____________ is the surgical removal of the appendix | appendectomy |
| A disease named for the person who discovered it is known as an ______________ | eponym |
| A localized response to injury or tissue destruction is called | inflammation |
| The medical term meaning the inflammation of a nerve or nerves is | neuritis |
| The medical term meaning inflammation of the tonsils is | tonsillitis |
| abnormal condition or disease of the stomach | gatalgia |
| a set of signs and symptoms | syndrome |
| rupture of a muscle | myorrhexis |
| stomach pain | gastrosis |
| any acute pus-forming bacterial skin infection | pyoderma |
| The abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries is called ____________. | arteriosclerosis |
| A fever is considered to be a ____________. | sign |
| An inflammation of the stomach and small intestine is known as ______________. | gastroenteritis |
| The meaning pain in a joint or joints is _____________. | arthralgia |
| A ______________ is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the skin. | dermatologist |
| Lower than normal blood pressure | hypotension |
| The process of recording a radiographic study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast | angiography |
| An erythrocyte is commonly known as red blood cell | true |
| Arteriomalacia is abnormal hardening of blood vessels of the walls of an artery or arteries | false |
| A colostomy is the surgical creation of an opening between the colon and the body surface | true |
| Malaise is ofter the first symptoms of inflammation | false |
| An infection is the invasion of the body by a disease producing organism. | true |
| otorhinolaryngology | oto rhino laryng -ology |
| mycosis | myco -sis |
| poliomyelitis | po lio my eli tis |
| neonatology | neo nat ology |
| endarterial |
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