Medical Terminology for Health Professions 7th Edition by Ann Ehrlich -Test Bank

,Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Terminology


MATCHING

Match each definition with the correct word part.
a. abnormal condition
b. deficient
c. excessive
d. pain
e. surgical removal
1. -algia
2. -ectomy
3. hyper-
4. hypo-
5. -osis

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Match each definition with the correct word part.
a. excessive bleeding
b. flow or discharge
c. rupture
d. surgical repair
e. surgical suturing
6. -plasty
7. -rrhage
8. -rrhaphy
9. -rrhea
10. -rrhexis

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Match each definition with the correct word part.
a. abnormal hardening
b. surgical incision
c. bad, difficult, painful
d. creation of an artificial opening
e. inflammation
11. dys-
12. -itis
13. -ostomy

,14. -otomy
15. -sclerosis

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Match each definition with the correct term.
a. subjective evidence of disease
b. objective evidence of disease
c. signs and symptoms that occur together
d. sudden onset of a disease
e. temporary disappearance of symptoms
16. acute
17. remission
18. sign
19. symptom
20. syndrome

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Match each definition with the correct term.
a. any disease of the stomach
b. frequent watery stools
c. pertaining to the lining of an artery
d. swelling
e. formation of pus
21. diarrhea
22. edema
23. endarterial
24. gastrosis
25. suppuration

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Match each definition with the correct term.
a. torn and jagged wound
b. higher-than-normal blood pressure
c. localized response to a tissue injury
d. lower-than-normal blood pressure

, e. pathologic tissue change caused by disease or injury
26. hypertension
27. hypotension
28. inflammation
29. laceration
30. lesion

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Match each definition with the correct term.
a. abnormal passage between organs
b. cracklike sore of the skin
c. identification of a disease
d. prediction of a disease outcome
e. the study of all aspects of diseases
31. diagnosis
32. fissure
33. fistula
34. pathology
35. prognosis

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COMPLETION

1. A pathologic change of muscle tissue is known as ____________________.

ANS: myopathy

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2. The term ____________________ means pain in a joint or joints.

ANS: arthralgia

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3. A/An ____________________ is a mature red blood cell.

ANS: erythrocyte

PTS: 1