Deck 5: Medical Terminology

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Which suffix means "surgical removal"?

A) -ectomy
B) -emia
C) -itis
D) -pathy
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What is the plural form of the word thrombus?

A) Thrombi
B) Thrombitis
C) Thrombuces
D) Thrombuses
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Which suffix means "disease"?

A) -ectomy
B) -oma
C) -pathy
D) -penia
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Which suffix means "inflammation"?

A) -ectomy
B) -emia
C) -itis
D) -pathy
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What is the medical term for "white blood cell"?

A) Cyanosis
B) Erythrocyte
C) Leukocyte
D) Thrombocyte
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Which prefix means "inside"?

A) Ecto-
B) Endo-
C) Epi-
D) Exo-
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What prefix means "increased"?

A) Dys-
B) Hyper-
C) Hypo-
D) Neo-
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Which prefix means "black"?

A) Albi-
B) Cyan-
C) Melano-
D) Rube-
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What does the abbreviation "NPO" on a patient's door mean?

A) Bedridden
B) Check with the nurses' station.
C) Nothing by mouth
D) No personal visitors
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Which abbreviation means "immediately"?

A) ASAP
B) ER
C) NPO
D) STAT
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Which root means "kidney"?

A) Hepato-
B) Necro-
C) Nephr-
D) Pneu-
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Which of the following prefixes means "after"?

A) Anti-
B) Mega-
C) Poly-
D) Post-
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What does the abbreviation "PRN" mean?

A) As needed (as required)
B) As soon as possible
C) Every night
D) Private duty nurse
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Which prefix means "decreased"?

A) Anti-
B) Hypo-
C) Hyper-
D) Intra-
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What is the meaning of the prefix phlebo-?

A) Cutting
B) Injecting
C) Needle
D) Vein
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Which prefix means "blue"?

A) Albi-
B) Cyan-
C) Melano-
D) Rube-
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What does the root word cardio- mean?

A) Heart
B) Kidney
C) Liver
D) Lungs
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What does the abbreviation "CA" mean?

A) Cancer
B) Centigrade (or Celsius)
C) Chest radiograph
D) Coronary
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What does the root tox- mean?

A) Artery
B) Oxygenated
C) Poison
D) Protein
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Which suffix means "blood condition"?

A) -ectomy
B) -emia
C) -itis
D) -pathy
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Deck 5: Medical Terminology
1
Which suffix means "surgical removal"?

A) -ectomy
B) -emia
C) -itis
D) -pathy
A
2
What is the plural form of the word thrombus?

A) Thrombi
B) Thrombitis
C) Thrombuces
D) Thrombuses
A
3
Which suffix means "disease"?

A) -ectomy
B) -oma
C) -pathy
D) -penia
C
4
Which suffix means "inflammation"?

A) -ectomy
B) -emia
C) -itis
D) -pathy
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What is the medical term for "white blood cell"?

A) Cyanosis
B) Erythrocyte
C) Leukocyte
D) Thrombocyte
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Which prefix means "inside"?

A) Ecto-
B) Endo-
C) Epi-
D) Exo-
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What prefix means "increased"?

A) Dys-
B) Hyper-
C) Hypo-
D) Neo-
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Which prefix means "black"?

A) Albi-
B) Cyan-
C) Melano-
D) Rube-
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What does the abbreviation "NPO" on a patient's door mean?

A) Bedridden
B) Check with the nurses' station.
C) Nothing by mouth
D) No personal visitors
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Which abbreviation means "immediately"?

A) ASAP
B) ER
C) NPO
D) STAT
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Which root means "kidney"?

A) Hepato-
B) Necro-
C) Nephr-
D) Pneu-
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Which of the following prefixes means "after"?

A) Anti-
B) Mega-
C) Poly-
D) Post-
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What does the abbreviation "PRN" mean?

A) As needed (as required)
B) As soon as possible
C) Every night
D) Private duty nurse
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Which prefix means "decreased"?

A) Anti-
B) Hypo-
C) Hyper-
D) Intra-
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What is the meaning of the prefix phlebo-?

A) Cutting
B) Injecting
C) Needle
D) Vein
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Which prefix means "blue"?

A) Albi-
B) Cyan-
C) Melano-
D) Rube-
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What does the root word cardio- mean?

A) Heart
B) Kidney
C) Liver
D) Lungs
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What does the abbreviation "CA" mean?

A) Cancer
B) Centigrade (or Celsius)
C) Chest radiograph
D) Coronary
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What does the root tox- mean?

A) Artery
B) Oxygenated
C) Poison
D) Protein
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Which suffix means "blood condition"?

A) -ectomy
B) -emia
C) -itis
D) -pathy
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