Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The word part attached to the beginning of a word is the ..? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Prefix
The meaning of the suffix-genic is ..? - CORRECT ANSWER - Producing, originating,
causing.
The term meaning the study of cells is.? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cytology
The term meaning pertaining to the internal organs is ..? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Visceral
The combining form that refers to the basic unit of all living things is ..? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Cyt/o
A combining form meaning tumor is..? - CORRECT ANSWER - Onc/o
The combining form carcin/o means ..? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cancer
The term meaning physician who studies diseases is..? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Pathologist
The term meaning resembling fat is ..? - CORRECT ANSWER - Lipoid
Oncology is the study of ..? - CORRECT ANSWER - Tumors
, The medical term used to indicate the transfer of disease beyond the tissue or organ of origin is ?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Metastasis
The medical term used to indicate substances thought to produce cancer is ? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Carcinogenic
The abbreviation for diagnosis is ..? - CORRECT ANSWER - Dx
The term meaning the identification of a disease is..? - CORRECT ANSWER - Diagnosis
Mets is the abbreviation for ..? - CORRECT ANSWER - Metastasis
The term meaning not malignant or nonrecurring is ..? - CORRECT ANSWER - Benign
The term meaning producing disease is ..? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pathogenic
The combining form my/o means..? - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscle
The term meaning resembling a cell is ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cytoid
The term meaning pertaining to the epithelium is ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Epithelial
The term meaning tumor composed of muscle tissue is ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Myoma
The medical term referring to the possible outcome of a disease is ? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Prognosis