Duplicate of Medical Terminology

Which is an agent that kills sperm?

BRCA1 and BRCA2 refer to what?

What results from severe, congenital hypothyroidism?

In what disease do white blood cells take over?

What does -cyte mean?

C in NCI stands for which term?

What does -gen mean?

What is a regimen?

Antiangiogenesis therapy has what purpose?

What is the correct spelling of the term that means pus in the pleural cavity?

pH below 7.0 are...?

Transporting oxygen to the lungs and CO2 from the lungs is known as what?

What does coagul/o mean?

What is the result of a genetic mutation?

What means cancer has not left its site of originality?

What is the cheesy substance that covers the skin of the fetus?

Sensitivity to the protein gluten which is found in wheat, rye, and barley cause what?

Which is a training technique to achieve voluntary control of responses to stimuli ?

Which is a severe bacterial infection which may result in severe bleeding?

A condition in which the bones become more porous/brittle/fragile/are more likely to fracture.

A line separating two symmetrical structures is called what?

Define necrotizing

Congenital heart defect coarctation usually affects what?

Difficulty swallowing is known as what?

Which is an abbreviation for physician's orders for life-sustaining treatment?

What would you palpate to check the pulse in the neck?

What is an Orchiectomy ?

Which word is used for paralysis of all four limbs?

Latin term for Anus?

Which is a synonym for excoriate?

True or False: In most allergic reactions it takes ten minutes for cells to produce histamine.

Classifications of drugs that are able to alter mood, behavior, and/or cognition?

What drug has the potential for abuse?

The resting phase of the heart is called what?

which term means incomplete dislocation?

Which is NOT one of the five rights to check before administering medications?

Protrusion of the eyeball is described in which term?

The male urethra passes through which part?

The micturition reflex occurs when the bladder contains approximately how much urine?

Which is the plural form of the word labium?

What is the root meaning of bone?

What is the term used for a rapid heart rate over 100 beats per minute?

What device is used to rapidly deliver a bronchodilator?

What are the elements of a medical term?

lei/o- means?

What does path/o mean?

True or False: The suffixes -ic and -al mean pertaining to.

What structure prevents food from entering the larynx?

Which is a junction between two nerve cells?

Which is the correct spelling for a word that means an uncontrollable need to steal?

What x-ray therapy would be used for a tumor that is wrapped around a vulnerable structure?

What is the rationale for prescribing a mucolytic agent to a patient?

A prefix, root, and suffix referring to "above the stomach" is found in what word?

Which is a root meaning of four?

Which of the following is found in the CNS and PNS?

LASIK is used to treat which of the following eye conditions?

Which is an enlargement of the thyroid gland?

Why does radiation delivered by nuclear medicine have a small chance of causing cancer?

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

Which combining term means voice box?

Define Cognition

Which is a connective tissue layer of the skin beneath the epidermis?

What does the suffix -algia in neuralgia mean?

Which word means pertaining to a sheath?

The root of craniocaudal means...?

What does -ling- mean?

Which is the surgical removal of the uterus?

Reed-Sternberg cells are found in which disease?

What prefix means many?

Which is NOT a function of the respiratory system?

A governmental agency that protects workers from environmental hazards.

Which word means pertaining to the urine?

What does the prefix of exocrine mean?

Inflammation of the inner ear is what?

The suffix -phil means...?

Which is a change in the structure or physiology of bacteria in response to an antibiotic?

Which term means the surgical removal of the vulva?

Which of the following terms is comprised of a root, a combining form and suffix?

Which body substance is most radiolucent?

Which area is the area pertaining between the thighs?

A drugs generic name refers to what?

Which is an action of FSH?

Which word is derived from the Latin meaning snail shell?

What is the exaggerated thoracic curvature of the vertebral column called?

Which is an inability to control bowel movements?

The study of the female reproductive system

What is gastroscopy?

What would an endoscope be used for?

What does polio mean?

What is the thinning of the cervix during childbirth called?

What suffix means surgical excision?

Which is the plural form of the word anastomosis?

True or False: The popliteal fossa is located at the base of the skull.

True or False: Not every medical term will have all elements present at the same time.

Where is the popliteal fossa located?

Which of the following terms is spelled correctly?

The age to which individual humans aspire to live and the process of getting there is called?

Where is nervous tissue found?

Which of the two prefixes are opposites?

Which is a condition when the pelvis and calyces of the kidney are dilated?

Which is a minimally invasive procedure for both diagnostic purposes and for treatment?

What does the root/combining form of leukocoria mean?

True or False: the treatment for personality disorders is successful.

Which is a specialist in disorders of the female reproductive system?

What is a type of bone fracture that in which the bone breaks into several pieces?

What is the root for the term arthroscopy?

True or False: clonazepam (Klonopin) can be used to treat depression.

Which of these is a squamous cell?

Which forms are both correct?

What is the plural form of the word calyx?

What is Homicide?

What is urea?

A Lymphocyte with no surface is called what?

Terat- means what?

The vaccine, Gardasil, is used to protect an individual against what?

Which is a surgical incision into the thyroid gland?

True or False: Ionizing radiation damages the DNA of tissues exposed to it.

A continuous ECG recorded on a tape recorder for 24 to 48 hours is what?

True or False: biofeedback is beneficial for a patient with a psychosomatic disorder.

T/F:Medical power of attorney appoints another person to make medical decisions on their behalf

Define prenatal.

Specialist who makes corrective lenses, adjust/repair glasses, and fit contact lenses is what?

What is a suffix?

Which word means pertaining to appearance like a half moon?

Which term means above the stomach?

Which is the forearm bone that is the thumb side?

Which is NOT a synthetic type of insulin?

A large number of RBC's in the urine is what?

An indented area on organs where the major vessels, and nerves enter the organ?

A parasite can be defined as what?

Masticate means...?

Stomatitis refers to...?

What specialty is in the care of elderly patients?

What is another name for the pituitary gland?

In oliguria, what does the prefix mean?

What does COPD stand for?

Oblique x-rays do what?

ACE inhibitors are used to treat...?

Why is the location of the testes within the scrotum outside the body?

Which binds strongly to fibrin and dissolves clots that have caused heart attacks?

A normal ejaculation consists of _ to_ ml of semen.

A seizure means what?

Which word, meaning development of masculine characteristics by a female is spelled correctly?

Which of the following terms is spelled correctly?

Lymphadenopathy is what?

True or False: Nephrology is an unrelated medical specialty relating to diseases of the kidney.

An abdominoplasty would be a surgical what?

What are two root meanings of old age?

An exaggerated, abnormal reaction to an allergen?

What prefix means inside?

True or False: the root -esis means an abnormal condition.

Dermatitis is what?

Skilled in the measurement of vision, but cannot treat eye diseases or prescribe medication is?

What does the root term sarc- mean?

True or False: scintigraphy displays the activity of a radiopharmaceutical.

What is a root word?

Which term is used to describe abnormal sensations such as tingling, burning, and prickling?

Vomiting of red blood indicates what condition?

Lice do what?

A person who exaggerates the significance of symptoms is what?

What does the suffix -stasis in homeostasis mean?

Which root means above?

What is a synonym for a tonic-clonic seizure?

Which result causes Cushing syndrome?

Use of drugs that cause emotional/physical harm to an person as frequency and want increases

Which of the following is the root for the term respiratory?

Which word has a prefix meaning in front?

True or False: The root/combining form in the word syringomyelia means tube or pipe.

The function of the pupil is important because it does what?

Which suffix means disease?

What does the suffix -ase mean?

Which term means "one who studies"?

A burn involving the epidermis and part of the dermis.

T/F: In the word detoxification the prefix and its meaning is de-, and means from/out of.

What is ophthalmia neonatorum?

What is an inherited coagulation disorder passed from mothers to sons?

Which applies to a patient with prolactinoma?

Pituitary hormone that stimulates uterus to contract and breast milk to be ejected from alveoli

Type of fracture where one side of bone is partially broken and other is bent is called what?

Enteralroute of administration is given through which body system?

What are signs and symptoms of chicken pox?

What is internal respiration?

Leakage of urine when coughing/laughing/sneezing/or bending over due to weak bladder muscles.

A blood clot in a cerebral artery that originates elsewhere in the body and causes a stroke is?