chabner: the language of medicine, 9th edition · elsevier items and derived items © 2011, 2007 by...

Elsevier items and derived items © 2011, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.

Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 9th

Edition

Chapter 01: Basic Word Structure

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1. Gastrectomy:

a. Gastric resection

b. Intestinal incision

c. Tumor of the stomach

d. Incision of the stomach

e. Resection of the intestine

ANS: A

2. Osteitis:

a. Incision of a bone

b. Removal of a bone

c. Incision of a joint

d. Inflammation of a joint

e. Inflammation of a bone

ANS: E

3. Cystoscopy:

a. Study of cells

b. Visual examination of cells

c. Removal of a sac of fluid

d. Removal of the urinary bladder

e. Visual examination of the urinary bladder

ANS: E

4. Hepatoma:

a. Incision of the kidney

b. Tumor of the liver

c. Blood mass

d. Inflammation of the liver

e. Red blood cell

ANS: B

5. Which of the following is not an endocrine gland?

a. Thyroid gland

b. Adrenal gland

c. Ovary

d. Mammary gland

e. Pituitary gland

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ANS: D

6. Iatrogenic:

a. Pertaining to produced by treatment

b. Produced by the mind

c. Cancer producing

d. Pertaining to producing a tumor

e. Cutting into a tumor

ANS: A

7. Electroencephalogram:

a. Record of electricity in the brain

b. Record of electricity in the heart

c. X-ray of the brain

d. Record of sound waves in the brain

e. X-ray of the heart and brain

ANS: A

8. Diagnosis:

a. Made after the prognosis

b. A guess as to the patient’s condition

c. A prediction of the course of treatment

d. Made on the basis of complete knowledge about the patient’s condition

e. A treatment of the patient

ANS: D

9. Cancerous tumor:

a. Hematoma

b. Adenoma

c. Carcinoma

d. Carcinogenic

e. Neurotomy

ANS: C

10. Microscopic examination of living tissue:

a. Incision

b. Pathology

c. Biopsy

d. Autopsy

e. Resection

ANS: C

11. Pertaining to the largest part of the brain:

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a. Cerebral

b. Cephalic

c. Renal

d. Cardiac

e. Neural

ANS: A

12. Removal of a gland:

a. Gastrotomy

b. Gastric

c. Hepatic resection

d. Nephric section

e. Adenectomy

ANS: E

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

a. Anemia

b. Erythrocytosis

c. Thrombocytosis

d. Leukemia

e. Leukocytosis

ANS: A

14. Pathologist is one who:

a. Examines x-rays

b. Operates on the urinary tract

c. Performs autopsies and reads biopsies

d. Operates on the kidney

e. Treats diseases with chemicals

ANS: C

15. Pain in a joint:

a. Ostealgia

b. Arthritis

c. Osteoarthritis

d. Arthroalgia

e. Arthralgia

ANS: E

16. Increase in numbers of malignant white blood cells:

a. Leukocytosis

b. Leukemia

c. Erythremia

d. Thrombocytosis

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e. Erythrocytosis

ANS: B

17. Instrument to view the eye:

a. Ophthalmoscopy

b. Opthalmoscope

c. Opthalmology

d. Ophthalmoscope

e. Opthalmoscopy

ANS: D

18. A platelet:

a. Hematoma

b. Thrombosis

c. Leukocyte

d. Thrombocyte

e. Erythrocyte

ANS: D

19. Abnormal condition of the mind:

a. Physchosis

b. Psychosis

c. Psychogenic

d. Encephalopathy

e. Adenoma

ANS: B

20. Inflammation of the nose:

a. Arthrosis

b. Hepatitis

c. Nephritis

d. Dermatosis

e. Rhinitis

ANS: E

21. Study of cells:

a. Pathology

b. Cytology

c. Cystology

d. Dermatology

e. Urology

ANS: B

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22. Pertaining to through the liver:

a. Subrenal

b. Transdermal

c. Transhepatic

d. Subhepatic

e. Hepatoma

ANS: C

23. Abnormal condition of the kidney:

a. Neurologic

b. Neuralgia

c. Nephrotomy

d. Neural

e. Nephrosis

ANS: E

24. Incision of a bone:

a. Sarcoma

b. Pathogenic

c. Osteotomy

d. Ostectomy

e. Endoscopy

ANS: C

25. High level of sugar in the blood:

a. Hematoma

b. Hypodermic

c. Hypoglycemia

d. Hyperglycemia

e. Hypogastric

ANS: D

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

26. Resection of a nerve:

a. neruotomy

b. neurectomy

c. neurotomy

ANS: B

27. Pertaining to produced by treatment:

a. iatrogenic

b. iatragenic

c. itarogenic

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ANS: A

28. Pertaining to the brain:

a. cerebrol

b. serebral

c. cerebral

ANS: C

29. Cancerous tumor:

a. carcinoma

b. carsinoma

c. karsinoma

ANS: A

30. Collection of blood:

a. hepatoma

b. hematoma

c. hepitoma

ANS: B

31. High blood sugar:

a. hypoglycemia

b. hyperglicemia

c. hyperglycemia

ANS: C

32. Membrane surrounding the heart:

a. perycardium

b. pericardium

c. pericardum

ANS: B

33. Instrument to examine within:

a. endoscope

b. endoskope

c. endoscopy

ANS: A

34. Disease of the intestines:

a. entrapathy

b. interopathy

c. enteropathy

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ANS: C

35. Inflammation of the urinary bladder:

a. cytitis

b. cystitis

c. sistitis

ANS: B

WORD PARTS/TERMINOLOGY

Select the correct meaning for each of the following combining forms:

36. arthr/o:

a. gland

b. red

c. joint

ANS: C

37. cyst/o:

a. urinary bladder

b. cell

c. to secrete

ANS: A

38. encephal/o:

a. electricity

b. brain

c. cell

ANS: B

39. aden/o:

a. brain

b. gland

c. joint

ANS: B

40. cyt/o:

a. cerebrum

b. urinary bladder

c. cell

ANS: C

41. carcin/o:

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a. cancer

b. to secrete

c. heart

ANS: A

42. cephal/o:

a. intestines

b. head

c. cell

ANS: B

43. cerebr/o:

a. cerebrum, largest part of the brain

b. head

c. cancer

ANS: A

44. enter/o:

a. flesh

b. stomach

c. intestine, usually small intestine

ANS: C

45. hepat/o:

a. liver

b. blood

c. kidney

ANS: A

46. ped/o:

a. bone

b. child

c. disease

ANS: B

47. ren/o:

a. nose

b. kidney

c. liver

ANS: B

48. ur/o:

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a. disease

b. tumor

c. urine or urinary tract

ANS: C

Select the correct meaning for each of the following suffixes:

49. -gram:

a. protein

b. blood condition

c. record

ANS: C

50. -itis:

a. blood condition

b. inflammation

c. excision; removal

ANS: B

51. -opsy:

a. instrument to visually examine

b. process of viewing

c. tumor; mass; swelling

ANS: B

52. -oma:

a. tumor; mass; swelling

b. condition

c. process of viewing

ANS: A

53. -scopy:

a. excision; removal

b. instrument to visually examine

c. process of visual examination

ANS: C

54. -logy:

a. process of study; study of

b. condition

c. protein

ANS: A

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Select the correct meaning for each of the following prefixes:

55. hyper-:

a. deficient; below; under; less than normal

b. surrounding; around

c. excessive; above; more than normal

ANS: C

56. peri-:

a. before; forward


c. across; through

ANS: B

57. epi-:

a. into; in

b. outside of; outward

c. above; upon

ANS: C

58. trans-:

a. across; through


c. before; forward

ANS: A

59. hypo-:

a. surrounding; around

b. deficient; below; under; less than normal

c. excessive; above; more than normal

ANS: B

60. dia-:

a. through; complete

b. self; own

c. behind

ANS: A

Select the correct combining form for each of the following terms:

61. Heart:

a. carcin/o

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b. cardi/o

c. crin/o

ANS: B

62. Skin:

a. derm/o

b. erythr/o

c. sarc/o

ANS: A

63. Sugar:

a. gnos/o

b. leuk/o

c. glyc/o

ANS: C

64. X-rays:

a. radi/o

b. path/o

c. onc/o

ANS: A

65. Flesh:

a. derm/o

b. rhin/o

c. sarc/o

ANS: C

Match the terms with the correct combining forms:

a. psych/o g. onc/o

b. ophthalm/o h. sarc/o

c. path/o i. thromb/o

d. ren/o j. ur/o

e. rhin/o k. oste/o

f. radi/o l. sect/o

66. Kidney

67. Disease

68. Eye

69. Nose

70. Flesh

71. Bone

72. Mind

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73. Tumor

74. Clotting

75. Urinary tract

76. X-rays

77. To cut

66. ANS: D

67. ANS: C

68. ANS: B

69. ANS: E

70. ANS: H

71. ANS: K

72. ANS: A

73. ANS: G

74. ANS: I

75. ANS: J

76. ANS: F

77. ANS: L

Match the terms with the correct definitions:

a. adenopathy k. leukemia

b. arthralgia l. leukocytosis

c. biopsy m. nephrectomy

d. carcinogenic n. neuralgia

e. cystoscopy o. oncologist

f. erythrocyte p. ophthalmoscope

g. gastrotomy q. osteitis

h. hematoma r. pathologist

i. hyperglycemia s. prognosis

j. iatrogenic t. thrombocyte

78. Pain of nerves

79. Inflammation of bone

80. Prediction about the outcome of treatment

81. Microscopic examination of living tissue

82. Blood cell that carries oxygen

83. Physician who specializes in drug treatment of cancerous tumors

84. Disease of a gland

85. Resection of a kidney

86. A platelet

87. Process of visual examination of the urinary bladder

88. Pertaining to an abnormal condition produced by a treatment

89. Incision of the stomach

90. Pertaining to producing cancer

91. An instrument to visually examine the eye

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92. High blood sugar: diabetes mellitus

93. A physician who examines dead bodies to determine the cause of death

94. Pain of a joint

95. Mass or collection of blood

96. Slight increase in numbers of white blood cells as response to infection

97. Increase in abnormal, immature white blood cells; a malignant condition

78. ANS: N

79. ANS: Q

80. ANS: S

81. ANS: C

82. ANS: F

83. ANS: O

84. ANS: A

85. ANS: M

86. ANS: T

87. ANS: E

88. ANS: J

89. ANS: G

90. ANS: D

91. ANS: P

92. ANS: I

93. ANS: R

94. ANS: B

95. ANS: H

96. ANS: L

97. ANS: K

Match the meanings with their correct terms:

a. Low levels of blood sugar

b. Treatment of the mind

c. Study of tumors

d. Excision of the stomach

e. Pertaining to producing cancer

f. Abnormal condition (slight increase) of white blood cells

g. Brain disease

h. Abnormal condition of the skin

i. Cancerous condition of white blood cells

j. Pertaining to produced by treatment

98. encephalopathy

99. carcinogenic

100. oncology

101. dermatosis

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102. psychiatry

103. leukemia

104. hypoglycemia

105. iatrogenic

106. gastric resection

107. leukocytosis

98. ANS: G

99. ANS: E

100. ANS: C

101. ANS: H

102. ANS: B

103. ANS: I

104. ANS: A

105. ANS: J

106. ANS: D

107. ANS: F

PRONUNCIATION

Give the accented syllable in the following terms (For example: anemia = ne,

diagnosis = no, endocrine = en):

108. arthrotomy:

a. arth

b. ro

c. to

d. my

ANS: B

109. cystoscopy:

a. cys

b. tos

c. co

d. py

ANS: B

110. gastrectomy:

a. gas

b. trec

c. to

d. my

ANS: B

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111. endocrinology:

a. endo

b. cri

c. nol

d. o

e. gy

ANS: C

112. neuralgia:

a. neur

b. al

c. gi

d. a

ANS: B

113. pericarditis:

a. per

b. i

c. car

d. di

e. tis

ANS: D

114. ophthalmoscope:

a. oph

b. thal

c. mo

d. scope

ANS: B

115. hepatoma:

a. hep

b. a

c. to

d. ma

ANS: C

116. retrogastric:

a. re

b. tro

c. gas

d. tric

ANS: C

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117. cytology:

a. cy

b. tol

c. o

d. gy

ANS: B

SPELLING

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

118.

a. luekocyte

b. leukocyte

ANS: B

119.

a. neuralgia

b. nueralgia

ANS: A

120.

a. erythrocyte

b. erthyrocyte

ANS: A

121.

a. opthalmoscopy

b. ophthalmoscopy

ANS: B

122.

a. pathogenic

b. pathojenic

ANS: A

123.

a. thrombocyte

b. thrombocyt

ANS: A

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124.

a. sacroma

b. sarcoma

ANS: B

125.

a. psychology

b. physcology

ANS: A

126.

a. biospy

b. biopsy

ANS: B

127.

a. gynocology

b. gynecology

ANS: B

Give 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: __________

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ANS: cancer

134. cephal/o: __________

ANS: head

135. cerebr/o: __________

ANS:

cerebrum

largest part of the brain

136. cyt/o: __________

ANS: cell

137. encephal/o: __________

ANS: brain

138. enter/o: __________

ANS:

intestine

small intestine

139. hepat/o: __________

ANS: liver

140. ped/o: __________

ANS: child

141. ren/o: __________

ANS: kidney

142. ur/o: __________

ANS:

urine

urinary tract

143. cis/o: __________

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ANS: to cut

Give 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 of

Complete the medical terms from their meanings:

150. mass of blood: __________oma

ANS: hemat

151. white blood cell: __________cyte

ANS: leuko

152. pain of nerves: neur__________

ANS: algia

153. red blood cell: __________cyte

ANS: erythro

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Give the meanings for the following prefixes:

154. hyper-: __________

ANS:

excessive

above

155. peri-: __________

ANS: surrounding

156. epi-: __________

ANS: above

157. trans-: __________

ANS:

across

through

158. hypo-: __________

ANS:

below

deficient

159. dia-: __________

ANS:

through

complete

Complete the following medical terms:

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

ANS: gnosis

161. Inflammation of the kidney: __________itis

ANS: nephr

162. Pertaining to producing disease: patho__________

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ANS: genic

163. Study of women and female reproductive diseases: __________ology

ANS: 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: __________al

ANS: cerebr

168. Tumor of a gland (benign): __________oma

ANS: aden

169. Inflammation of bone and joint: __________arthritis

ANS: osteo

Give the combining forms for the following terms:

170. heart: __________

ANS: cardi/o

171. skin: __________

ANS:

derm/o

dermat/o

172. sugar: __________

ANS: glyc/o

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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/o

Give meanings for the following suffixes and prefixes:

178. hypo-: __________

ANS:

deficient

below

under

less than normal

179. dia-: __________

ANS:

through

complete

180. -scopy: __________

ANS: process of visually examining

181. -gram: __________

ANS: record

182. -globin: __________

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ANS: protein

183. trans-: __________

ANS:

across

through

184. sub-: __________

ANS:

below

under

185. retro-: __________

ANS: behind

186. epi-: __________

ANS:

above

upon

187. end-, endo-: __________

ANS: within

Select the term that is spelled correctly and give its meaning:

188. a. luekocyte

b. leukocyte

a or b: ____ meaning: __________

ANS:

b, white blood cell

189. a. neuralgia

b. nueralgia

a or b: ____ meaning: __________

ANS:

a, pain of nerves

190. a. erythrocyte

b. erthyrocyte

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a or b: ____ meaning: __________

ANS:

a, red blood cell

191. a. opthalmoscopy

b. ophthalmoscopy

a or b: ____ meaning: __________

ANS:

b, visual examination of the eye

192. a. pathogenic

b. pathojenic

a or b: ____ meaning: __________

ANS:

a, pertaining to producing disease

193. a. thrombocyte

b. thrombocyt

a or b: ____ meaning: __________

ANS:

a, clotting cell (platelet)

194. a. sacroma

b. sarcoma

a or b: ____ meaning: __________

ANS:

b, tumor of fleshy tissue (malignant)

195. a. psychology

b. physcology

a or b: ____ meaning: __________

ANS:

a, study of the mind

196. a. biospy

b. biopsy

a or b: ____ meaning: __________

ANS:

b, view (microscopic) of living tissue

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197. a. gynocology

b. gynecology

a or b: ____ meaning: __________

ANS:

b, study of female diseases

Using 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 cerebrum

cerebr/al, largest part of the brain

199. electrocardiogram:


ANS:

electrocardio/gram, record of the electricity in the heart

200. dermatitis:


ANS:

dermat/itis, inflammation of the skin

201. cephalic:


ANS:

cephal/ic, pertaining to the head

Give 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: __________

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ANS:

tomy, incision of a bone

204. oncology:

suffix: _____ meaning: __________

ANS:

logy, study of tumors (cancerous)

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 cancer

Give 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:

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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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