HIMA 100 Week 1 Quiz (Chap. 1 &2)

what does carcin(o) mean? - Answer- cancer Which of the following is not a surgical term? a. blepharoplasty b. ophthalmalgia c. colonoscopy d. otoscopy - Answer- b. ophthalmalgia which term means pertaining to pathology or caused by a diseased condition? - Answer- pathological What does chiroplasty mean? - Answer- Surgical repair of the hand what does pyr(o) mean? - Answer- Fire what does scler(o) mean? - Answer- Hard what does -phobia mean? - Answer- abnormal fear what does -cele mean? - Answer- Hernia what type of condition is indicated by -emia? - Answer- blood Dermatology specializes in the treatment of which of the following structures? - Answer- Skin what does -trophy mean? - Answer- Nutrition what does -lytic mean? - Answer- capable of destroying which of the following is NOT an eponym? a. stat b. Down Syndrome c. Alzheimer's Disease d. Foley Catheter - Answer- a. stat What does -metry mean? - Answer- process of measuring What does -lith mean? - Answer- Calculus or stone what does -genic mean? - Answer- Produced by or in