Deck 2: Diseases and Disorders: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Terms

Question 1

What does leps(o) mean?

A) Ingest
B) Movement
C) Seizure
D) Stupor

Answer 1

Seizure

Question 2

What does -phobia mean?

A) Abnormal fear
B) Excessive preoccupation
C) Prolapse
D) Surgical fixation

Answer 2

Abnormal fear

Question 3

What does idi(o) mean?

A) Disease
B) Individual
C) Physician or treatment
D) Self

Answer 3

Individual

Question 4

What does -metry mean?

A) An instrument used to measure
B) An instrument used for viewing
C) Process of measuring
D) Process of visually examining

Question 5

What does carcin(o) mean?

A) Cancer
B) Disease
C) Pathology
D) Tumor

Question 6

What does scop(o) mean?

A) An instrument
B) To destroy
C) To examine
D) To repair

Question 7

What does -lith mean?

A) Abnormal condition, sometimes an increase
B) Calculus or stone
C) Inflammation
D) Speech

Question 8

Which combining form means muscle?

A) Log(o)
B) My(o)
C) Onc(o)
D) Rhin(o)

Question 9

What type of condition is indicated by -emia?

A) Blood
B) Hardening
C) Nutritional deficiency
D) Poisoning

Question 10

What does -genic mean?

A) Produced by or in
B) Producing or forming
C) Motion
D) Seizure

Question 11

Which term means drawing in or out by suction?

A) Aspiration
B) Autopsy
C) Biopsy
D) Histology

Question 12

What does troph(o) mean?

A) A state of well-being
B) A state of ill health
C) Movement
D) Nutrition

Question 13

What does -lytic mean?

A) Capable of destroying
B) Process of destroying
C) That which destroys
D) That which is destroyed

Question 14

What does scler(o) mean?

A) Condition
B) Hard
C) Soft
D) Split

Question 15

Which suffix means a person who shows excessive preoccupation for something?

A) -mania
B) -maniac
C) -phobia
D) -phobic

Question 16

What does -cele mean?

A) Cancer
B) Hernia
C) Stone
D) Stupor

Question 17

What does pyr(o) mean?

A) Fire
B) Heat
C) Pus
D) Sensation

Question 18

What does staphyl(o) mean?

A) Bacteria
B) Grapelike cluster
C) Spheric bacteria
D) Twisted

Question 19

What does hist(o) mean?

A) Head
B) Living
C) Tissue
D) Tumor

Question 20

What does ptosis mean?

A) Enlarged
B) Herniation
C) Prolapse
D) Surgical repair

Question 21

Which of the following is not a means of transmission of a communicable disease?

A) Indirectly via substances
B) Via carriers called vectors
C) Via congenital anomalies
D) Directly by contact with discharges from an infected person

Question 22

Which term means pertaining to the eyelid?

A) Blepharal
B) Ophthalmopathy
C) Peritoneum
D) Ptosis

Question 23

Which term means the study of life and living things?

A) Biology
B) Cytology
C) Pathology
D) Toxicology

Question 24

What does pathogenic mean?

A) Any agent or microorganism that causes disease
B) Any disease caused by infectious organisms
C) Capable of causing disease
D) The study of disease

Question 25

What is a phagocyte?

A) A red blood cell
B) A white blood cell
C) Any cell that can ingest and destroy particulate substances
D) Any substance that can destroy a cell

Question 26

Which of the following is not a type of microorganism?

A) Calculus
B) Fungi
C) Protozoa
D) Virus

Question 27

Which of the following is a hereditary condition in which there is absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes?

A) Albinism
B) Albino
C) Chloropia
D) Xanthoderma

Question 28

Which term means measurement of the head?

A) Cephalometer
B) Cephalometry
C) Encephalometry
D) Ophthalmometry

Question 29

Which of the following is true of an iatrogenic disorder?

A) It is a hospital-acquired infection.
B) It develops without an apparent or known cause.
C) It is an unfavorable response to medical treatment.
D) It is capable of being transmitted from one person to another.

Question 30

Which term means a cancerous tumor?

A) Carcinogen
B) Carcinogenesis
C) Carcinoma
D) Oncology

Question 31

Which term means pertaining to the breast?

A) Mammary
B) Mammoplasty
C) Mastoptosis
D) Mastitis

Question 32

What does kleptomania mean?

A) An uncontrollable impulse to steal unneeded objects
B) Excessive fear of fires
C) Excessive preoccupation with fires
D) Excessive preoccupation with one's appearance

Question 33

What is the meaning of peritoneum?

A) A membrane that lines the abdominal and pelvic cavities
B) A muscular structure that surrounds the cerebrum
C) An enzyme that brings about a chemical change in another substance
D) The white outer part of the eyeball

Question 34

What is ophthalmitis?

A) Any disease of the eye
B) Inflammation of the eye
C) Paralysis of the eye
D) Ptosis of the eye

Question 35

Which of the following is a group of neurologic disorders characterized by seizures?

A) Epilepsy
B) Kleptomania
C) Pyromania
D) Pyrophobia

Question 36

What does microscopy mean?

A) An instrument for viewing very small objects
B) Any instrument used in a visual examination
C) The process of viewing very small objects
D) Visually examining

Question 37

Which term means pertaining to the brain?

A) Cerebral
B) Cephalometer
C) Cephalometry
D) Encephalocele

Question 38

Which statement is true of organic diseases?

A) They are associated with a demonstrable physical change in the body.
B) They are generally psychological disorders.
C) They are marked by signs or symptoms but no physical changes.
D) They are the same as iatrogenic disorders.

Question 39

Which term means a diagnostic procedure whereby tissue is removed from a living person?

A) Autopsy
B) Biology
C) Biopsy
D) Postmortem

Question 40

What does lactase mean?

A) A hormone that brings about production of milk
B) An enzyme that acts on the main sugar found in milk
C) The main sugar found in milk
D) The production of milk

Question 41

Which term means pertaining to the windpipe?

A) Otic
B) Pharyngeal
C) Pneumonic
D) Tracheal

Question 42

Which of the following means a dark pigment that naturally occurs in the hair, skin, and eyes?

A) Albinism
B) Cyanogens
C) Melanin
D) Xanthogen

Question 43

Which of the following refers to a substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms without necessarily killing them?

A) Aerobe
B) Anaerobe
C) Antiseptic
D) Bactericidal agent

Question 44

Which of the following is true of an idiopathic disease?

A) It is a hospital-acquired infection.
B) It develops without an apparent or known cause.
C) It is an unfavorable response to medical treatment.
D) It is capable of being transmitted from one person to another.

Question 45

Which of the following specifically means the use of pathogenic biologic agents to cause terror in a population?

A) Bioterrorism
B) Botulism
C) Dissemination
D) Weapon of mass destruction

Question 46

Seth had a surgical procedure and developed an infection with MRSA bacteria. Which statement is true of this type of infection?

A) MRSA bacteria are a type of streptococci.
B) MRSA bacteria are resistant to many of the most powerful antibiotics.
C) MRSA bacteria are smaller than the smallest virus.
D) Methicillin is used to treat MRSA infections.

Question 47

What does tox(o) mean?

A) Chemical
B) Paralysis
C) Poison
D) Stupor

Question 48

What is the meaning of the term hernia?

A) A thin sheet of tissue that lines various body cavities
B) An abnormal condition that sometimes means an increase
C) An abnormal condition that sometimes means hardening
D) Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that contains it

Question 49

What does -meter mean?

A) An instrument used to measure
B) An instrument used for viewing
C) Process of measuring
D) Process of visually examining

Question 50

What does the suffix -oma mean?

A) Head
B) Living
C) Tissue
D) Tumor

Question 51

Which of the following is true of the suffix -scope?

A) It describes a condition.
B) It is a process.
C) It is a state of nutrition.
D) It is an instrument.

Question 52

Which of the following terms means a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by a deficiency of oxygen in the blood?

A) Albinism
B) Cyanosis
C) Erythroderma
D) Xanthoderma

Question 53

Which of the following replicate only within a cell of a living plant or animal?

A) Bacteria
B) Diplococcic
C) Staphylococci
D) Viruses

Question 54

Which of the following means destruction of red blood cells that results in the liberation of hemoglobin?

A) Hemolysin
B) Hemolysis
C) Hemolytic
D) Hemolyze

Question 55

What does kinesi(o) mean?

A) A state of well-being
B) A state of ill health
C) Movement
D) Nutrition

Question 56

What does -lysin mean?

A) Capable of destroying
B) Process of destroying
C) That which destroys
D) That which is destroyed

Question 57

Which term means a condition that is characterized by a yellow discoloration of the skin?

A) Chlorosis
B) Cyanosis
C) Dermatitis
D) Jaundice

Question 58

What does -osis mean?

A) Condition
B) Hard
C) Soft
D) Split

Question 59

What does pyromaniac mean?

A) A person who has unfounded fear of fire
B) A person who is preoccupied with seeing or setting fires
C) Excessive preoccupation with seeing or setting fires
D) Excessive preoccupation with one's appearance

Question 60

What does phas(o) mean?

A) Abnormal condition, sometimes an increase
B) Formation or development
C) Inflammation
D) Speech

Question 61

What does pleg(o) mean?

A) Cancer
B) Disease
C) Paralysis
D) Tumor

Question 62

Which term means herniation of part of the brain through an opening in the skull?

A) Cerebral
B) Cephalometer
C) Cephalometry
D) Encephalocele

Question 63

Which suffix means excessive preoccupation?

A) -mania
B) -maniac
C) -phobia
D) -phobic

Question 64

What does -genesis mean?

A) Produced by or in
B) Producing or forming
C) Motion
D) Seizure

Question 65

What is ophthalmopathy?

A) Any disease of the eye
B) Inflammation of the eye
C) Paralysis of the eye
D) Ptosis of the eye

Question 66

What does -itis mean?

A) A hardened condition
B) A noninflammatory condition
C) A softened condition
D) Inflammation

Question 67

What does carcinogenesis mean?

A) A cancerous tumor
B) Anything that causes cancer
C) The production or origin of cancer
D) The study of cancer and all its aspects

Question 68

Which term means any disease of the ear?

A) Blepharal
B) Otopathy
C) Neurosis
D) Ptosis

Question 69

Which term means an individual with congenital absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes?

A) Albinism
B) Albino
C) Chloropia
D) Xanthoderma

Question 70

What does pyromania mean?

A) A person who is preoccupied with fires
B) Excessive fear of fires
C) Excessive preoccupation with seeing or setting fires
D) Excessive preoccupation with one's appearance

Question 71

What does -schisis mean?

A) Condition
B) Hard
C) Soft
D) Split

Question 72

What does -megaly mean?

A) Enlargement
B) Herniation
C) Prolapsed
D) Surgical repair

Question 73

What is the term for any disorder caused by defective nutrition or metabolism?

A) Sclerosis
B) Cyanosis
C) Albinism
D) Dystrophy

Question 74

Which term means inflammation of the breast?

A) Mammary
B) Mammoplasty
C) Mastoptosis
D) Mastitis

Question 75

Which term means a yellow coloration of the skin?

A) Albinism
B) Cyanosis
C) Erythroderma
D) Xanthoderma

Question 76

Which term means the study of the structure, composition, and functions of tissue?

A) Biologist
B) Biology
C) Histologist
D) Histology

Question 77

What does schist(o) mean?

A) A parasite
B) A virus
C) Formation or development
D) Split

Question 78

What does phag(o) mean?

A) Ingest
B) Movement
C) Seizure
D) Stupor

Question 79

What does the term pathogen mean?

A) Any agent or microorganism that causes disease
B) Any disease caused by infectious organisms
C) Capable of causing disease
D) The study of disease

Question 80

Which combining form means knowledge or words?

A) Log(o)
B) My(o)
C) Onc(o)
D) Rhin(o)