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Med Term Final

QuestionAnswer
lord/o curve, swayback
Emboli is a plural form True
Muscular is an adjective form. True
mouth or/o
mast/o breast
spir/o breathe
orth/o straight
Dry sebum plugging a pore of the skin; also called a black head comedo
The term abduction means movement toward the median line. False
stomach gastr/o
Common disorder characterized by persistent elevated blood pressure. Hypertension
Cellular is an adjective form. True
Head cold, upper respiratory infections. Coryza
dry xer/o
body somat/o
scale squam/o
whooping cough pertussis
All medical words have a prefix. False
An ectopic pregnancy is one that is in its correct position. False
Enlarged, twisted varicose vein in the rectal region. Hemorrhoid
nail onych/o
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian tubes) salping/o
back (back of body) dors/o
yellow cirrh/o
brain encephal/o
dry xer/o
Pseudocyesis means false pregnancy. True
eardrum myring/o
lip/o fat
black melan/o
joint arthr/o
Used to prevent blood clot formation anticoagulants
When a suffix that begins with a vowel is added, the combining form, rather than the word root, precedes the suffix. False
hair pil/o
Protrusion of any organ or structure through the wall of the cavity in which it is naturally contained. Hernia
hidden crypt/o
All medical words contain prefixes. False
Prefixes are word elements placed at the beginning of words to alter their meaning. True.
Medical term for deafness anacusis
kidney nephr/o
strength sthen/o
same, alike home/o
ear aur/o
throat pharyng/o
bone oste/o
color chrom/o
tongue gloss/o
birth nat/o
loins, lower back lumb/o
feverish febrile
woman/female gynec/o
muscle my/o
cold cry/o
blue cyan/o
Atrium is an adjective form. False
bone marrow; spinal cord myel/o
secrete crin/o
Tying of a varicose vein and subsequent removal ligation and stripping
Infrapubic means below or under the pubis True
In the word systole, the final le is pronounced as a separate syllable. True
parathyroid glands parathyroid/o
potassium kal/i
thin, slender lept/o
scanty olig/o
sweat hidr/o
The term mononuclear does not have a prefix. False
Collapsed or airless lung atelectasis
poison toxic/o
Gastr/o is a combining form. True
The combining vowel e is commonly used to form medical words. False
The suffix for incision is -ectomy. False
head cephal/o
Radii is a plural form True
cause eti/o
heart cardi/o
navel umbilic/o
Tissue is a noun form. True
My/algia is a surgical procedure. False
Term used to describe a transplantation from another individual. homologous
teeth odont/o
vagina colp/o
Term used to describe a transfusion of recipient's own blood. autologous
Medical is a noun form. False
The term circumoral means pertaining to above the mouth False
calcium calc/o
A word root plus o creates a combining form. True
fatty plaque ather/o
bladder cysto/o
gallbladder cholecyst/o
hyster/o uterus
blood clot thromb/o
A combining form is a prefix plus a word root False
eye ophthalm/o
vein phleb/o
foot pod/o
skin cutane/o
chest pector/o
The word gastroenterologist is an example of a compound word. True
movement kinesi/o
stupor, numbness, sleep narc/o
 

 



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