medical terminology quiz Flashcards

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1. When you define a medical term from its parts, which part should you translate first?
2. What letter is most often used as a combining vowel in medical terms?
3. Should a combining vowel be placed between a prefix and a word root?
4. What is a combining form in medical terminology?
5. What does the suffix -itis indicate?
6. What does the suffix -oma indicate?
7. What does the suffix -scopy mean?
8. What does the prefix intra- mean?
9. What do the prefixes a- and an- mean at the start of a medical term?
10. Name four suffixes that all mean "pertaining to."
11. What does oliguria mean, and what can it point to?
12. What does the term cardiomegaly describe?
13. What does hemiplegia mean?
14. A patient lying face down on the abdomen is in which position?
15. What is the supine position?
16. In directional terms, what does proximal mean?
17. In directional terms, what does distal mean?
18. Which body plane divides the body into front and back portions?
19. Which body plane divides the body into upper and lower parts and produces cross-section images?
20. What does cyanosis look like, and what causes it?
21. What causes jaundice?
22. What is erythema?
23. What is the common name for urticaria?
24. What does diaphoresis mean?
25. What is epistaxis, and what is another term for it?
26. What is atelectasis?
27. What does rhinorrhea mean in everyday language?
28. What is hypoxia?
29. What does hematuria mean?
30. What does nocturia mean?
31. How is anuria defined in terms of urine volume?
32. What does lithotripsy do?
33. What is pyelonephritis?
34. What is hydronephrosis?
35. What is cryptorchidism?
36. What is endometriosis?
37. What is eclampsia?
38. Above what heart rate is an adult described as having tachycardia?
39. What does an angioplasty do?
40. What is an arrhythmia?
41. What is ischemia?
42. What does thrombocytopenia mean, and what is the risk?
43. What does leukopenia mean?
44. What are the three steps of hemostasis?
45. What is a hematoma?
46. What does splenomegaly mean?
47. What is melena, and what does it suggest?
48. What is cirrhosis?
49. What is a cholecystectomy?
50. What is osteoporosis, and what risk does it raise?
51. What is scoliosis?
52. What is kyphosis?
53. Where do gout flares often begin?
54. What is atrophy?
55. What is a cataract?
56. What is glaucoma?
57. What is myopia?
58. What is hyperopia?
59. What is presbyopia?
60. What is otitis externa commonly called?
61. What is tinnitus?
62. What is aphasia?
63. What is paresthesia?
64. What is syncope?
65. Name three typical symptoms of hypothyroidism.
66. Name three typical symptoms of hyperthyroidism.
67. What is a goiter?
68. What does polyuria mean, and with which condition is it often linked?
69. What is nephrolithiasis?
70. What is hepatitis, and what usually causes it?
71. What is bursitis, and where does it usually occur?

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