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Bill suffers a spinal cord injury in a motorcycle accident and needs surgery. Which type of physician will perform the surgery?
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Mrs. Smith receives therapy for a malignant tumor, and the tumor disappears. Which of the following means the disappearance of the tumor?
remission
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Obstetrics is a specialty in which of the following areas
pregnancy, labor, and delivery
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Parenteral administration excludes:
through the digestive tract
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The term "orthopedist" refers to which of the following?
a medical specialist
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What does "ophthalmology" mean?
study of the eye and its diseases
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Which combining form means child?
ped/o
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What does "therapy" mean?
treatment
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Which is not true of prefixes?
when written alone, preceded by a hyphen
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What does endo- mean?
inside
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Which of the following are the two languages from which most medical terms are derived?
Latin and Greek
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What does odont/o mean?
tooth
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Which of the following combining forms means straight?
orth/o
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What is studied in pharmacology?
drugs and their effects on living organisms
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What is the branch of medicine that is concerned with administration of substances that produce a loss of feeling?
anesthesiology
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What is the meaning of the suffix -logist?
one who studies
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What is the name of the specialty that deals specifically with diseases of the elderly?
geriatrics
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What is the primary area of interest in pediatrics?
children
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What is the specialty of a neonatologist?
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Which combining form means mind?
psych/o
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Which of the following does not have a suffix meaning pertaining to?
neuron
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Which of the following is a physician?
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Which of the following is a specialist who treats diseases of the urinary tract?
urologist
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Which of the following is a suffix?
-plegia
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Which of the following is an ear, nose, and throat specialist?
otolaryngologist
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Which of the following is an example of a combining form?
chol/e
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Which of the following is NOT a combining form?
cephalic
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Which of the following is not spelled correctly?
psychaitry
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Which of the following is not true?
- .
- Chronic means having severe symptoms and short duration.
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Which of the following is NOT true?
Most prefixes are changed when joined with other word parts.
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Which of the following is true of rehabilitation medicine?
Its primary concern is restoring one's ability to live and work as normally as possible.
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Which of the following medical abbreviations is not paired with the correct meaning?
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Which of the following medical terms has its primary accent on the second syllable?
neurosis
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Which of the following professionals measures irregularities of vision?
optometrist
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Which of the following statements is NOT true?
The combining vowel is used before a suffix that begins with a vowel.
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Which of the following terms does NOT mean pertaining to the urine or the urinary tract?
urology
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Which of the following terms means the study of the mind?
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Which of these terms describes substances that readily permit the passage of x-rays?
radiolucent
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The plural form of the singular term "phalanx" is:
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Which plural form is spelled correctly?
axilla, axillae
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The plural form of the singular term "virus" is:
viruses
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Which specialty focuses on diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nose?
rhinology
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Which statement is true of an ophthalmic medication?
It is to be used in the eye.
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Which suffix means medical profession or treatment?
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Which term means pertaining to the skin?
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Spell correctly the plural form of the term "prognosis".
prognoses
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Spell correctly the plural form of the term "petechia".
: petechiae
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Spell correctly the plural form of the term "bronchus".
bronchi
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Spell correctly the medical term formed by putting together the following word parts: "jejun/o" + "ile/o" + "-stomy".
jejunoileostomy
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Spell correctly the medical term formed by putting together the combining form "acr/o" and the suffix "-megaly."
acromegaly
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