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Chapter 02: Diseases and Disorders: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Terms
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1. What does carcin(o) mean?n n n
a. Cancer
b. Disease
c. Pathology
d. Tumor
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meanings. TOP:
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2. What does idi(o) mean? n n n
a. Disease
b. Individual
c. Physician or treatment n n
d. Self
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meanings. TOP:
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3. What does staphyl(o) mean?n n n
a. Bacteria
b. Grapelike cluster n
c. Spheric bacteria n
d. Twisted
ANS: B REF: p. 41 n OBJ: Match word parts with their
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meanings. TOP:
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4. What does hist(o) mean? n n n
a. Head
b. Living
c. Tissue
d. Tumor
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meanings. TOP:
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5. What does pyr(o) mean? n n n
a. Fire
b. Heat
c. Pus
d. Sensation
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meanings. TOP:
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6. What does scler(o) mean?
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a. Condition
b. Hard
c. Soft
d. Split
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meanings. TOP:
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7. What does -phobia mean?
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a. Abnormal fear n
b. Excessive preoccupation n
c. Prolapse
d. Surgical fixation n
ANS: A REF: p. 47 n OBJ: Match word parts with their n n n n
meanings. TOP:
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8. What does -cele mean?
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a. Cancer
b. Hernia
c. Stone
d. Stupor
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meanings. TOP:
n n Introduction to Diseases and Disorders
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9. What type of condition is indicated by -emia?
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a. Blood
b. Hardening
c. Nutritional deficiency n
d. Poisoning
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meanings. TOP:
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10. What does scop(o) mean?
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a. An instrument n
b. To destroy n
c. To examine n
d. To repair n
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meanings. TOP:
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11. What does troph(o) mean?
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a. A state of well-being
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b. A state of ill healthn n n n
c. Movement
d. Nutrition
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meanings.
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12. What does -lytic mean?
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a. Capable of destroying n n
b. Process of destroying n n
c. That which destroys n n
d. That which is destroyed n n n
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meanings. TOP:
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13. Which term means drawing in or out by suction?
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a. Aspiration
b. Autopsy
c. Biopsy
d. Histology
ANS: A REF: p. 61 n
OBJ: Write the meanings of the word parts and use them to build and
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analyze terms. TOP:
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14. What does -metry mean?
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a. An instrument used to measure
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b. An instrument used for viewing
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c. Process of measuring n n
d. Process of visually examining n n n
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meanings. TOP:
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15. What does -lith mean?
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a. Abnormal condition, sometimes an increase n n n n
b. Calculus or stone n n
c. Inflammation
d. Speech
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meanings. TOP:
n n Introduction to Diseases and Disorders n n n n
16. What does -genic mean?
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a. Produced by or in n n n
b. Producing or forming n n
c. Motion
d. Seizure
ANS: A REF: p. 39 OBJ: n Match word parts with their
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meanings. TOP:
n n Classification of Disease n n
17. Which combining form means muscle?
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a. Log(o)
b. My(o)
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