Test Bank for The Language of Medicine – 12th Edition | Davi-Ellen Chabner | Chapters 1–21 Complete Edition | 2026 | Grade A+

TEST BANK FOR THE LANGUAGE OF
MEDICINE 12TH EDITION BY CHABNER
CHAPTER 1 - 21 COMPLETE EDTION 2026/
GRADED A+
Chapter 01: Basic Word Structure

Test Bank

1. Gastrectomy:
a. Gastric resection
b. Intestinal incision
c. Tumor of the stomach
d. Incision of the stomach
e. Resection of the intestine
ANS: A

2. Osteitis:
a. Incision of a bone
b. Removal of a bone
c. Incision of a joint
d. Inflammation of a joint
e. Inflammation of a bone
ANS: E

3. Cystoscopy:
a. Study of cells
b. Visual examination of cells
c. Removal of a sac of fluid
d. Removal of the urinary bladder
e. Visual examination of the urinary bladder
ANS: E

4. Hepatoma:
a. Incision of the kidney
b. Tumor of the liver
c. Blood mass
d. Inflammation of the liver
e. Red blood cell
ANS: B

5. Which of the following is not an endocrine gland?
a. Thyroid gland
b. Adrenal gland
c. Ovary

,d. Mammary gland
e. Pituitary gland

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ANS: D

6. Iatrogenic:
a. Pertaining to produced by treatment
b. Produced by the mind
c. Cancer producing
d. Pertaining to producing a tumor
e. Cutting into a tumor
ANS: A

7. Electroencephalogram:
a. Record of electricity in the brain
b. Record of electricity in the heart
c. X-ray of the brain
d. Record of sound waves in the brain
e. X-ray of the heart and brain
ANS: A

8. Diagnosis:
a. Made after the prognosis
b. A guess as to the patient’s condition
c. A prediction of the course of treatment
d. Made on the basis of complete knowledge about the patient’s condition
e. A treatment of the patient
ANS: D

9. Cancerous tumor:
a. Hematoma
b. Adenoma
c. Carcinoma
d. Carcinogenic
e. Neurotomy
ANS: C

10. Microscopic examination of living tissue:
a. Incision
b. Pathology
c. Biopsy
d. Autopsy
e. Resection
ANS: C

11. Pertaining to the largest part of the brain:

, a. Cerebral
b. Cephalic
c. Renal
d. Cardiac
e. Neural
ANS: A

12. Removal of a gland:
a. Gastrotomy
b. Gastric
c. Hepatic resection
d. Nephric section
e. Adenectomy
ANS: E

13. Decrease in numbers of red blood cells or hemoglobin within red blood cells:
a. Anemia
b. Erythrocytosis
c. Thrombocytosis
d. Leukemia
e. Leukocytosis
ANS: A

14. Pathologist is one who:
a. Examines x-rays
b. Operates on the urinary tract
c. Performs autopsies and reads biopsies
d. Operates on the kidney
e. Treats diseases with chemicals
ANS: C

15. Pain in a joint:
a. Ostealgia
b. Arthritis
c. Osteoarthritis
d. Arthroalgia
e. Arthralgia
ANS: E

16. Increase in numbers of malignant white blood cells:
a. Leukocytosis
b. Leukemia
c. Erythremia
d. Thrombocytosis