Medical Terminology & Anatomy For Coders Chapter 1 Questions With Verified Answers

Nontranslatable terms - Answer Words used in medicine whose definitions must be memorized without the benefit of word parts Translatable terms - Answer Terms that can be broken into their Greek and Latin word parts and given a working definition based on the meanings of these parts Eponyms - Answer Terms that are named after a person or a place associated with the term Manifestation - Answer An outward demonstration or perception. Signs and symptoms are --- of diseases Etiology - Answer The cause of a disease; literally the "study of cause" Symptom - Answer A subjective report of a disease (pain, itching...) Sign - Answer An objective finding of a disease state (e.g. Fever, high blood pressure, rash...) Syndrome - Answer A group of signs and symptoms that consistently appear together Chronic - Answer Developing slowly and lasting a long time Acute - Answer A term that describes an abrupt, severe onset to a disease Sequela - Answer A condition that results from an injury or disease. It is also referred to in coding as a "late effect." When coding, the code for this follows the code for its cause