What is osteoporosis?

The pores in your skin
Loss of hearing
Bone loss

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Which is the medical term for headache?

Migraine
Cephalgia
Concussion

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What do the suffixes -dynia and -algia mean?

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Pain
Deficiency
Fixation

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What is a contusion?

A bruise
A head injury
A muscle contraction

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Which medical term describes the scraping away of the skin or mucous membrane by friction?

Carbuncle
Abrasion
Contusion

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Which medical term describes 'accumulation of blood in a joint'?

Arthritis Rheumatism knee patella kneecap inflammation

Hematuria
Hemarthrosis
Hepatitis

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What do the prefixes cardi- and cardio- refer to?

Heart
Lungs
Cartilage

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Which medical term describes the protrusion of the eyeballs?

Exophthalmos
Opacification
Ophthalmus

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Which medical term describes blood in the urine?

Uremia
Hematocrit
Hematuria

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Which medical term describes an agent that causes disease?

Protease
Pathogen
Prophylaxis

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Which medical terms describes a woman who has never been pregnant?

Nulligravida
Primigravida
Primipara

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Which medical terms describes the bluish discoloration of the skin?

Cilium
Cyanosis
Edema

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The word emesis means...

Eating
Vomiting
Heartburn

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Which medical terms describes the infection of the fungus Candida?

Thrush
Titer
Macrophage

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Which medical terms describes the red blood cell?

Lymphocyte
Leukocyte
Erythrocyte

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To aspirate means...

Heart rhythm
To have a painful feeling in the chest region
To inhale food or objects into the lung

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Which medical terms describes the surgical transplant of the cornea?

Keratoplasty
Corneoplasty
Keratoscopy

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What do the prefixes hemo- and hema- mean?

Liver
Blood
Bone

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To be ambulatory is to be...

Able to walk; a patient not confined to bed
Ambiguous
To be able to understand and verbalize

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What does syncope mean?

Fainting
A sinus infection
An instrument to look in your ears

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What does febrile mean?

A foot condition
Female child
Fever

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What does sepsis mean?

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An infection caused by bacteria in the blood
A medical term for sibling
Sleep disorder

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Which medical terms describes the abnormal widening of the bronchi?

Bronchiectasis
Bronchiolitis
Asthma

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Which of the following suffixes means to look or observe?

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-scopy / -scopic
-gram
-tomy

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What is ecchymosis?

A virus
A black and blue bruise
A contagious skin disease

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Which of the following suffixes best describes a surgical operation or removal of a body part?

-staxis
-ectomy
-malacia

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What does arrhythmia mean?

It is a latin word meaning "to arrive"
To have rhythm
To have an irregular heartbeat

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Which medical terms describes the inflammation of the tympanic membrane?

Myringitis
Anotia
Labyrinthitis

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What does EDEMA mean?

Skin rash
Swelling
Ulcer

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Which medical terms describes the disease of the heart muscle?

Cardioplexy
Myopathy
Cardiomyopathy

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Which medical terms describes the removal of the gallbladder?

Cholecystectomy
Cystectomy
Cholangiography

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Which medical terms describes 'painful menstruation'?

Dysmenorrhea
Amenorrhea
Dyspareunia

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Which medical terms describes the region 'above the pubic bones'?

Perineum
Transperineal
Suprapubic

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Which medical terms describes the enlargement of a finger or toe?

Kyphosis
Diaphysis
Dactylomegaly

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Which of the following terms mean upon or on top?

Sub-
Epi-
Intra-

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What is anaphylaxis?

It means to faint
It is a life threatening allergic reaction
It is a hemorrhoid

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What is aphasia?

Means going through a phase
Being unable to speak or understand when spoken to or to speak clearly
Swelling of the face

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Which medical terms describes the disease of a lymph node?

Adenectomy
Lymphadenopathy
Adenitis

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What does APNEA mean?

Good appetite
Pimple
Not breathing

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What does the suffix –iatric mean?

Spasm or contraction
Gender
Of or relating to a physician

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What does the prefix carp/o- mean?

Wrist
Neck
Blood

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Which of these prefixes is related to the kidneys?

Hepato-
Nephr/o-
Recto/o-

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What does the suffix ''-itis'' mean?

Inflammation
Digestion
Sleep Disorder

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Which medical terms describes the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord?

Cerebrospinal fluid
Myasthenia
Meninges

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True or false? Hyper and hypo have the same meanings.

True
False

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Which of the following prefixes best describes numb or sleep?

Narc/o-
Lapar/o-
Karyo-

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"Rx" is an abbreviation for:

Diagnosis
Prescription
Prognosis

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What is 'hemorrhage'?

Bleeding or blood loss
Trauma to the head
A tear of the ligament

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When a person is diagnosed with hypertension, what does he/she have?

Fluid in the lungs
High blood pressure
Low blood pressure

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What is osteoporosis?

Which is the medical term for headache?

What do the suffixes -dynia and -algia mean?

What is a contusion?

Which medical term describes the scraping away of the skin or mucous membrane by friction?

Which medical term describes 'accumulation of blood in a joint'?

What do the prefixes cardi- and cardio- refer to?

Which medical term describes the protrusion of the eyeballs?

Which medical term describes blood in the urine?

Which medical term describes an agent that causes disease?

Which medical terms describes a woman who has never been pregnant?

Which medical terms describes the bluish discoloration of the skin?

The word emesis means...

Which medical terms describes the infection of the fungus Candida?

Which medical terms describes the red blood cell?

To aspirate means...

Which medical terms describes the surgical transplant of the cornea?

What do the prefixes hemo- and hema- mean?

To be ambulatory is to be...

What does syncope mean?

What does febrile mean?

What does sepsis mean?

Which medical terms describes the abnormal widening of the bronchi?

Which of the following suffixes means to look or observe?

What is ecchymosis?

Which of the following suffixes best describes a surgical operation or removal of a body part?

What does arrhythmia mean?

Which medical terms describes the inflammation of the tympanic membrane?

What does EDEMA mean?

Which medical terms describes the disease of the heart muscle?

Which medical terms describes the removal of the gallbladder?

Which medical terms describes 'painful menstruation'?

Which medical terms describes the region 'above the pubic bones'?

Which medical terms describes the enlargement of a finger or toe?

Which of the following terms mean upon or on top?

What is anaphylaxis?

What is aphasia?

Which medical terms describes the disease of a lymph node?

What does APNEA mean?

What does the suffix –iatric mean?

What does the prefix carp/o- mean?

Which of these prefixes is related to the kidneys?

What does the suffix ''-itis'' mean?

Which medical terms describes the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord?

True or false? Hyper and hypo have the same meanings.

Which of the following prefixes best describes numb or sleep?

"Rx" is an abbreviation for:

What is 'hemorrhage'?

When a person is diagnosed with hypertension, what does he/she have?

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