Directions: Choose
the best term to complete each of the sentences below
1.
A person with red, inflamed hands or feet has ___.
a.
acrocyanosis
b.
acrodermatitis
c.
acromegaly
d.
cytomegaly
2.
When something causes overgrowth of the heart, ___
results.
b.
megalopenia
c.
megalocardia
d. megalomania
3.
When a stomach ulcer has perforated, a partial ___ may be
indicated.
a.
gastrectomy
b.
gastroduodenostomy
c.
duodenostomy
d.
duodenectomy
4.
A pregnant woman may require hospitalization because of
___.
a.
hypertrophy
b.
hyperencephalitis
c.
hypermalacia
d.
hyperemesis
5.
When the diagnosis is made of a diseased gland, but the
disease is not specifically known or stated, the word used is ___.
a.
adenitis
b.
adenectomy
c.
adenoma
d.
adenopathy
6.
The substance in connective tissue that resembles mucus
is a ___ substance.
a.
mucus
b.
mucosa
c.
mucoid
d.
mucoma
7.
Two noun forms for head pain are cephalagia and ___.
a.
cephalodynic
b.
cephalytis
c.
cephalitis
d.
cephalodynia
8.
The man was diagnosed with a brain tumor or ___.
a.
encephaloma
b.
encephalocele
c.
encephalitis
d.
encephalomalacia
9.
A hard outgrowth on a bone may be a bone tumor or ___.
a.
osteomalacia
b.
osteitis
c.
osteopathy
d.
osteoma
10.
Physcians call surgical repair of a joint a/an ___.
a.
tenoplasty
b.
bursoplasty
c.
arthroplasty
d.
chrondroplasty
11.
___ nerves wander from the normal nerve track.
a.
Abducted
b.
Adhesion
c.
Abnormal
d.
Aberrant
12.
___ means surgical puncture, puncture, or tapping of the
abdomen.
a.
Amniocentesis
b.
Abdominocentesis
c.
Abdominocystic
d.
Abdominectomy
13.
Because of the damage to the brain, children with ___ are
usually mentally retarded.
a.
hydrophobia
b.
hydrocephalic
c.
hydrocephalus
d.
hydrocentesis
14.
The word meaning excision of part of the cranium is ___.
a.
craniotomy
b.
craniomalacia
c.
cranial
d.
craniectomy
15.
Cocci growing in clusters are ___.
a.
diplococci
b.
streptococci
c.
staphylococci
d.
striptococci
16.
When pus-forming bacteria invade the lining of the chest,
___ results.
a.
pyothorax
b.
pyogenic
c.
pyocele
d.
pyotheraphy
17.
___, a disease
affecting the ear, involves discharge, inflammation, and deafness.
a.
Otorrhea
b.
Otitis
c.
Otodynia
d.
Otoentesis
18.
A ___ is a stone in the nose.
a.
rhinorrhea
b.
rhinoplasty
c.
rhinotomy
d.
rhinolith
19.
Gallstones can result in inflammation of the gallbladder.
Medically, this is called ___.
a.
cholelith
b.
cholecystitis
c.
cholecystomy
d.
cholecyntesis
20.
Children who play with their food while eating are
exhibiting ___.
a.
bradykinesia
b.
kinesialgia
c.
kinesiology
d.
bradyphagia
21.
Abnormally fast or rapid heart action is ___.
a.
tachycardia
b.
cardialgia
c.
bradycardia
d.
staphylcardia
22.
When the lungs cannot get enough oxygen into the blood,
blueness of the extremities, or ___, may result.
a.
acroparalysis
b.
acrocyanosis
c.
acrodermatitis
d.
acromegaly
23.
If the body does not produce enough white blood cells,
the patient suffers from ___.
a.
cytopenia
b.
leukemia
c.
leukocytopenia
d.
cytology
24.
Patients who have greatly enlarged opinions of themselves
suffer from ___.
a.
megalocardia
b.
megaloencephlia
c.
megalomania
d.
cephalalgia
25.
When an organ or tissue that has developed properly
wastes away or decreases in size, it is undergoing ___.
a.
hypertrophy
b.
hydrotrophy
c.
hypotrophy
d.
hypothermia