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Medical Terminology: Root Words

Combining Form, Suffix, Prefix & Meaning

Question	Answer
Auscultation	The process of listening to sounds produced within the body to detect signs of disease.
Percussion	The process of tapping the body to detect the signs of disease.
Prognosis	The probable course and outcome of a patient's condition and the patient's prospects for recovery.
Bariatrics	The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment and control of obesity and diseases associated with obesity
Ophthalmoscope	An instrument for examining the interior of the eye.
Otoscope	An instrument for examining the external ear canal and tympanic membrane.
Percussion hammer	An instrument with a rubber head, used for testing reflexes.
Symptom	Any change in the body or its functioning that indicates a disease might be present.
Speculum	An instrument for opening a body orifice or cavity for viewing.
Diagnosis	The scientific method of determining and identifying a patient's condition.
Audiometer	An instrument used to measure hearing.
Differential diagnosis	A determination of which of two or more diseases with similar symptoms is producing a patients symptoms.
Clinical diagnosis	A tentative diagnosis of a a patient's condition obtained through the evaluation of the health history and the physical examination, without the benefits of a laboratory or diagnostic tests.
Mensuration	The process of measuring a patient.
Inspection	The process of observing a patient to detect signs of disease.
Palpation	The process of feeling with the hands to detect signs of disease.

produced	The process of listening to sounds _____ within the body to detect signs of disease.	1	1	true
disease	The process of tapping the body to detect the signs of _____.	2	1	true
patient's	The probable course and outcome of a _____ condition and the patient's prospects for recovery.	3	1	true
treatment	The branch of medicine that deals with the _____ and control of obesity and diseases associated with obesity	4	1	true
examining	An instrument for _____ the interior of the eye.	5	1	true
Otoscope	Answer: An instrument for examining the external ear canal and tympanic membrane.	6	0	false
Percussion hammer	Answer: An instrument with a rubber head, used for testing reflexes.	7	0	false
functioning	Any change in the body or its _____ that indicates a disease might be present.	8	1	true
instrument	An _____ for opening a body orifice or cavity for viewing.	9	1	true
determining	The scientific method of _____ and identifying a patient's condition.	10	1	true
Audiometer	Answer: An instrument used to measure hearing.	11	0	false
producing	A determination of which of two or more diseases with similar symptoms is _____ a patients symptoms.	12	1	true
diagnostic	A tentative diagnosis of a a patient's condition obtained through the evaluation of the health history and the physical examination, without the benefits of a laboratory or _____ tests.	13	1	true
measuring	The process of _____ a patient.	14	1	true
Inspection	Answer: The process of observing a patient to detect signs of disease.	15	0	false
detect	The process of feeling with the hands to _____ signs of disease.	16	1	true