Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 9th Edition

Chapter 01: Basic Word Structure

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1. Gastrectomy:a. Gastric resectionb. Intestinal incisionc. Tumor of the stomachd. Incision of the stomache. Resection of the intestine

ANS: A2. Osteitis:

a. Incision of a boneb. Removal of a bonec. Incision of a jointd. Inflammation of a jointe. Inflammation of a bone

ANS: E3. Cystoscopy:

a. Study of cellsb. Visual examination of cellsc. Removal of a sac of fluidd. Removal of the urinary bladdere. Visual examination of the urinary bladder

ANS: E4. Hepatoma:

a. Incision of the kidneyb. Tumor of the liverc. Blood massd. Inflammation of the livere. Red blood cell

ANS: B5. Which of the following is not an endocrine gland?

a. Thyroid glandb. Adrenal glandc. Ovaryd. Mammary glande. Pituitary gland

ANS: D6. Iatrogenic:

a. Pertaining to produced by treatment

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b. Produced by the mindc. Cancer producingd. Pertaining to producing a tumore. Cutting into a tumor

ANS: A7. Electroencephalogram:

a. Record of electricity in the brainb. Record of electricity in the heartc. X-ray of the braind. Record of sound waves in the braine. X-ray of the heart and brain

ANS: A8. Diagnosis:

a. Made after the prognosisb. A guess as to the patient’s conditionc. A prediction of the course of treatmentd. Made on the basis of complete knowledge about the patient’s conditione. A treatment of the patient

ANS: D9. Cancerous tumor:

a. Hematomab. Adenomac. Carcinomad. Carcinogenice. Neurotomy

ANS: C10. Microscopic examination of living tissue:

a. Incisionb. Pathologyc. Biopsyd. Autopsye. Resection

ANS: C11. Pertaining to the largest part of the brain:

a. Cerebralb. Cephalicc. Renald. Cardiace. Neural

ANS: A12. Removal of a gland:

a. Gastrotomy

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b. Gastricc. Hepatic resectiond. Nephric sectione. Adenectomy

ANS: E13. Decrease in numbers of red blood cells or hemoglobin within red blood cells:

a. Anemiab. Erythrocytosisc. Thrombocytosisd. Leukemiae. Leukocytosis

ANS: A14. Pathologist is one who:

a. Examines x-raysb. Operates on the urinary tractc. Performs autopsies and reads biopsiesd. Operates on the kidneye. Treats diseases with chemicals

ANS: C15. Pain in a joint:

a. Ostealgiab. Arthritisc. Osteoarthritisd. Arthroalgiae. Arthralgia

ANS: E16. Increase in numbers of malignant white blood cells:

a. Leukocytosisb. Leukemiac. Erythremiad. Thrombocytosise. Erythrocytosis

ANS: B17. Instrument to view the eye:

a. Ophthalmoscopyb. Opthalmoscopec. Opthalmologyd. Ophthalmoscopee. Opthalmoscopy

ANS: D18. A platelet:

a. Hematoma

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b. Thrombosisc. Leukocyted. Thrombocytee. Erythrocyte

ANS: D19. Abnormal condition of the mind:

a. Physchosisb. Psychosisc. Psychogenicd. Encephalopathye. Adenoma

ANS: B20. Inflammation of the nose:

a. Arthrosisb. Hepatitisc. Nephritisd. Dermatosise. Rhinitis

ANS: E21. Study of cells:

a. Pathologyb. Cytologyc. Cystologyd. Dermatologye. Urology

ANS: B22. Pertaining to through the liver:

a. Subrenalb. Transdermalc. Transhepaticd. Subhepatice. Hepatoma

ANS: C23. Abnormal condition of the kidney:

a. Neurologicb. Neuralgiac. Nephrotomyd. Neurale. Nephrosis

ANS: E24. Incision of a bone:

a. Sarcoma

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b. Pathogenicc. Osteotomyd. Ostectomye. Endoscopy

ANS: C25. High level of sugar in the blood:

a. Hematomab. Hypodermicc. Hypoglycemiad. Hyperglycemiae. Hypogastric

ANS: DSelect the term that is spelled correctly:

26. Resection of a nerve:a. neruotomyb. neurectomyc. neurotomy

ANS: B27. Pertaining to produced by treatment:

a. iatrogenicb. iatragenicc. itarogenic

ANS: A28. Pertaining to the brain:

a. cerebrolb. serebralc. cerebral

ANS: C29. Cancerous tumor:

a. carcinomab. carsinomac. karsinoma

ANS: A30. Collection of blood:

a. hepatomab. hematomac. hepitoma

ANS: B31. High blood sugar:

a. hypoglycemiab. hyperglicemiac. hyperglycemia

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ANS: C32. Membrane surrounding the heart:

a. perycardiumb. pericardiumc. pericardum

ANS: B33. Instrument to examine within:

a. endoscopeb. endoskopec. endoscopy

ANS: A34. Disease of the intestines:

a. entrapathyb. interopathyc. enteropathy

ANS: C35. Inflammation of the urinary bladder:

a. cytitisb. cystitisc. sistitis

ANS: BWORD PARTS/TERMINOLOGY

Select the correct meaning for each of the following combining forms:36. arthr/o:

a. glandb. redc. joint

ANS: C37. cyst/o:

a. urinary bladderb. cellc. to secrete

ANS: A38. encephal/o:

a. electricityb. brainc. cell

ANS: B39. aden/o:

a. brain

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b. glandc. joint

ANS: B40. cyt/o:

a. cerebrumb. urinary bladderc. cell

ANS: C41. carcin/o:

a. cancerb. to secretec. heart

ANS: A42. cephal/o:

a. intestinesb. headc. cell

ANS: B43. cerebr/o:

a. cerebrum, largest part of the brainb. headc. cancer

ANS: A44. enter/o:

a. fleshb. stomachc. intestine, usually small intestine

ANS: C45. hepat/o:

a. liverb. bloodc. kidney

ANS: A46. ped/o:

a. boneb. childc. disease

ANS: B47. ren/o:

a. noseb. kidney

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c. liver

ANS: B48. ur/o:

a. diseaseb. tumorc. urine or urinary tract

ANS: CSelect the correct meaning for each of the following suffixes:

49. -gram:a. proteinb. blood conditionc. record

ANS: C50. -itis:

a. blood conditionb. inflammationc. excision; removal

ANS: B51. -opsy:

a. instrument to visually examineb. process of viewingc. tumor; mass; swelling

ANS: B52. -oma:

a. tumor; mass; swellingb. conditionc. process of viewing

ANS: A53. -scopy:

a. excision; removalb. instrument to visually examinec. process of visual examination

ANS: C54. -logy:

a. process of study; study ofb. conditionc. protein

ANS: ASelect the correct meaning for each of the following prefixes:

55. hyper-:a. deficient; below; under; less than normal

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b. surrounding; aroundc. excessive; above; more than normal

ANS: C56. peri-:

a. before; forwardb. surrounding; aroundc. across; through

ANS: B57. epi-:

a. into; inb. outside of; outwardc. above; upon

ANS: C58. trans-:

a. across; throughb. surrounding; aroundc. before; forward

ANS: A59. hypo-:

a. surrounding; aroundb. deficient; below; under; less than normalc. excessive; above; more than normal

ANS: B60. dia-:

a. through; completeb. self; ownc. behind

ANS: ASelect the correct combining form for each of the following terms:

61. Heart:a. carcin/ob. cardi/oc. crin/o

ANS: B62. Skin:

a. derm/ob. erythr/oc. sarc/o

ANS: A63. Sugar:

a. gnos/o

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b. leuk/oc. glyc/o

ANS: C64. X-rays:

a. radi/ob. path/oc. onc/o

ANS: A65. Flesh:

a. derm/ob. rhin/oc. sarc/o

ANS: CMatch the terms with the correct combining forms:a. psych/o g. onc/ob. ophthalm/o h. sarc/oc. path/o i. thromb/od. ren/o j. ur/oe. rhin/o k. oste/of. radi/o l. sect/o

66. Kidney67. Disease68. Eye69. Nose70. Flesh71. Bone72. Mind73. Tumor74. Clotting75. Urinary tract76. X-rays77. To cut66. ANS: D67. ANS: C68. ANS: B69. ANS: E70. ANS: H71. ANS: K72. ANS: A73. ANS: G74. ANS: I75. ANS: J

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76. ANS: F77. ANS: L

Match the terms with the correct definitions:a. adenopathy k. leukemiab. arthralgia l. leukocytosisc. biopsy m. nephrectomyd. carcinogenic n. neuralgiae. cystoscopy o. oncologistf. erythrocyte p. ophthalmoscopeg. gastrotomy q. osteitish. hematoma r. pathologisti. hyperglycemia s. prognosisj. iatrogenic t. thrombocyte

78. Pain of nerves79. Inflammation of bone80. Prediction about the outcome of treatment81. Microscopic examination of living tissue82. Blood cell that carries oxygen83. Physician who specializes in drug treatment of cancerous tumors84. Disease of a gland85. Resection of a kidney86. A platelet87. Process of visual examination of the urinary bladder88. Pertaining to an abnormal condition produced by a treatment89. Incision of the stomach90. Pertaining to producing cancer91. An instrument to visually examine the eye92. High blood sugar: diabetes mellitus93. A physician who examines dead bodies to determine the cause of death94. Pain of a joint95. Mass or collection of blood96. Slight increase in numbers of white blood cells as response to infection97. Increase in abnormal, immature white blood cells; a malignant condition78. ANS: N79. ANS: Q80. ANS: S81. ANS: C82. ANS: F83. ANS: O84. ANS: A85. ANS: M86. ANS: T87. ANS: E

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88. ANS: J89. ANS: G90. ANS: D91. ANS: P92. ANS: I93. ANS: R94. ANS: B95. ANS: H96. ANS: L97. ANS: K

Match the meanings with their correct terms:a. Low levels of blood sugarb. Treatment of the mindc. Study of tumorsd. Excision of the stomache. Pertaining to producing cancerf. Abnormal condition (slight increase) of white blood cellsg. Brain diseaseh. Abnormal condition of the skini. Cancerous condition of white blood cellsj. Pertaining to produced by treatment

98. encephalopathy99. carcinogenic

100. oncology101. dermatosis102. psychiatry103. leukemia104. hypoglycemia105. iatrogenic106. gastric resection107. leukocytosis98. ANS: G99. ANS: E

100. ANS: C101. ANS: H102. ANS: B103. ANS: I104. ANS: A105. ANS: J106. ANS: D107. ANS: F

PRONUNCIATION

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Give the accented syllable in the following terms (For example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en):

108. arthrotomy:a. arthb. roc. tod. my

ANS: B109. cystoscopy:

a. cysb. tosc. cod. py

ANS: B110. gastrectomy:

a. gasb. trecc. tod. my

ANS: B111. endocrinology:

a. endob. cric. nold. oe. gy

ANS: C112. neuralgia:

a. neurb. alc. gid. a

ANS: B113. pericarditis:

a. perb. ic. card. die. tis

ANS: D114. ophthalmoscope:

a. oph

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b. thalc. mod. scope

ANS: B115. hepatoma:

a. hepb. ac. tod. ma

ANS: C116. retrogastric:

a. reb. troc. gasd. tric

ANS: C117. cytology:

a. cyb. tolc. od. gy

ANS: BSPELLING

Select the term that is spelled correctly:118.

a. luekocyteb. leukocyte

ANS: B119.

a. neuralgiab. nueralgia

ANS: A120.

a. erythrocyteb. erthyrocyte

ANS: A121.

a. opthalmoscopyb. ophthalmoscopy

ANS: B

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122. a. pathogenicb. pathojenic

ANS: A123.

a. thrombocyteb. thrombocyt

ANS: A124.

a. sacromab. sarcoma

ANS: B125.

a. psychologyb. physcology

ANS: A126.

a. biospyb. biopsy

ANS: B127.

a. gynocologyb. gynecology

ANS: BGive meanings for the following combining forms:

128. arthr/o: __________ANS: joint

129. cyst/o: __________ANS: urinary bladder

130. encephal/o: __________ANS: brain

131. aden/o: __________ANS: gland

132. cyt/o: __________ANS: cell

133. carcin/o: __________ANS: cancer

134. cephal/o: __________ANS: head

135. cerebr/o: __________ANS:

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cerebrumlargest part of the brain

136. cyt/o: __________ANS: cell

137. encephal/o: __________ANS: brain

138. enter/o: __________ANS:intestinesmall intestine

139. hepat/o: __________ANS: liver

140. ped/o: __________ANS: child

141. ren/o: __________ANS: kidney

142. ur/o: __________ANS:urineurinary tract

143. cis/o: __________ANS: to cutGive meanings for the following suffixes:

144. -gram: __________ANS: record

145. -itis: __________ANS: inflammation

146. -opsy: __________ANS: to view

147. -oma: __________ANS: tumor

148. -scopy: __________ANS: process of visual examination

149. -logy: __________ANS: study ofComplete the medical terms from their meanings:

150. mass of blood: __________omaANS: hemat

151. white blood cell: __________cyteANS: leuko

152. pain of nerves: neur__________ANS: algia

153. red blood cell: __________cyte

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ANS: erythroGive the meanings for the following prefixes:

154. hyper-: __________ANS:excessiveabove

155. peri-: __________ANS: surrounding

156. epi-: __________ANS: above

157. trans-: __________ANS:acrossthrough

158. hypo-: __________ANS:belowdeficient

159. dia-: __________ANS:throughcompleteComplete the following medical terms:

160. Prediction about the outcome of a disease; “before knowledge”: pro__________ANS: gnosis

161. Inflammation of the kidney: __________itisANS: nephr

162. Pertaining to producing disease: patho__________ANS: genic

163. Study of women and female reproductive diseases: __________ologyANS: gynec

164. Record of electricity in the brain: electro__________ANS: encephalogram

165. Abnormal condition of clotting cells: thrombocyt__________ANS: osis

166. Examination of living tissue under a microscope: bi__________ANS: opsy

167. Pertaining to the largest part of the brain: __________alANS: cerebr

168. Tumor of a gland (benign): __________omaANS: aden

169. Inflammation of bone and joint: __________arthritisANS: osteoGive the combining forms for the following terms:

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170. heart: __________ANS: cardi/o

171. skin: __________ANS:derm/odermat/o

172. sugar: __________ANS: glyc/o

173. woman, female: __________ANS: gynec/o

174. x-rays: __________ANS: radi/o

175. mind: __________ANS: psych/o

176. nose: __________ANS: rhin/o

177. flesh: __________ANS: sarc/oGive meanings for the following suffixes and prefixes:

178. hypo-: __________ANS:deficientbelowunderless than normal

179. dia-: __________ANS:throughcomplete

180. -scopy: __________ANS: process of visually examining

181. -gram: __________ANS: record

182. -globin: __________ANS: protein

183. trans-: __________ANS:acrossthrough

184. sub-: __________ANS:belowunder

185. retro-: __________

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ANS: behind186. epi-: __________

ANS:aboveupon

187. end-, endo-: __________ANS: withinSelect the term that is spelled correctly and give its meaning:

188. a. luekocyteb. leukocytea or b: ____ meaning: __________ANS:b, white blood cell

189. a. neuralgiab. nueralgiaa or b: ____ meaning: __________ANS:a, pain of nerves

190. a. erythrocyteb. erthyrocytea or b: ____ meaning: __________ANS:a, red blood cell

191. a. opthalmoscopyb. ophthalmoscopya or b: ____ meaning: __________ANS:b, visual examination of the eye

192. a. pathogenicb. pathojenica or b: ____ meaning: __________ANS:a, pertaining to producing disease

193. a. thrombocyte b. thrombocyta or b: ____ meaning: __________ANS:a, clotting cell (platelet)

194. a. sacromab. sarcomaa or b: ____ meaning: __________ANS:b, tumor of fleshy tissue (malignant)

195. a. psychologyb. physcology

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a or b: ____ meaning: __________ANS:a, study of the mind

196. a. biospyb. biopsya or b: ____ meaning: __________ANS:b, view (microscopic) of living tissue

197. a. gynocologyb. gynecologya or b: ____ meaning: __________ANS:b, study of female diseasesUsing slashes, divide the following terms into parts and give the meanings of the terms (For example: adenoma = aden/oma, tumor of glandular tissue):

198. cerebral: word parts: __________ meaning: __________ANS:cerebr/al, pertaining to the cerebrumcerebr/al, largest part of the brain

199. electrocardiogram: word parts: __________ meaning: __________ANS:electrocardio/gram, record of the electricity in the heart

200. dermatitis: word parts: __________ meaning: __________ANS:dermat/itis, inflammation of the skin

201. cephalic: word parts: __________ meaning: __________ANS:cephal/ic, pertaining to the headGive the suffix in each term and the meaning of the entire term:

202. nephrectomy: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:ectomy, removal of the kidney

203. osteotomy: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:tomy, incision of a bone

204. oncology: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:logy, study of tumors (cancerous)

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205. renal: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:al, pertaining to the kidney

206. psychosis: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:osis, abnormal condition of the mind

207. carcinogenic: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:genic, pertaining to producing cancerGive the prefix of each term and the meaning of the entire term:

208. subhepatic: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:sub, pertaining to below the liver

209. hyperglycemia: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:hyper, excessive blood sugar

210. pericardium: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:peri, membrane surrounding the heart

211. prognosis: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:pro, prediction about the outcome of treatment

212. resection: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:re, process of cutting back (removal)

213. hypodermic: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ANS:hypo, pertaining to under the skin

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