CMA Medical Assistant State Test Study Guide

cysto- - bladder what is the term for narrowing? - stenosis Gastrectomy is the term for excision of the - stomach the abbreviation meaning two times a day is? - bid which is the correct spelling? pharengytis, pharengitis, pharyngytis, or pharyngitis - pharyngitis a trained medical assistant is able to - function as a nurse, interpret lab results, administer IV therapy or assist with minor procedures - assist with minor procedures a patients photo was made public without her permission. This is called - invasion of privacy, defamation, fraud, or slander - invasion of privacy patient instruction sheets are used to - prevent misunderstanding the best time to perform a breast exam - monthly communication with patients can be improved by - providing privacy hyper- - increased nephro- - kidney auto- - self osteo- - bone dys- - painful litho- - stone brady- - slow chole- - gallbladder macro- - large gastro- - stomach arthro- - joint tachy- - fast thoraco- - chest hypo- - decrease mammo- - breast veno- - vein hepato- - liver hemo- - blood ophthalmo- - eye trans- - through/across -oma - tumor -algia - pain -ectomy - surgical removal -itis - inflammation -ology - study -emia - blood condition -tomy - incision -osis - abnormal condition -megaly - enlargement -graphy - xray exam -phasia - speech -scopy - examination -gram - record -ptosis - falling, dropping -stasis - stopping -plegia - paralysis -desis - bind or tie -phagia - swallowing -ostomy - surgical opening -pathy - disease hs - at bedtime IM - intramuscular Hx - history q.i.d. - four times a day gtt - drop q.d. - once daily p.c. - after meals OD - right CC - chief complaint CHF - congestive heart failure RLQ - right lower quadrant Dx - diagnosis