Diseases/Disorders
A patient had a (1) torn, ragged-edged wound that healed and developed (2) overgrowth of scar tissue. What medical terms could be used:
gangrene, tinea, rosacea, keloid, laceration, impetigo, excision, vitiligo, pressure injury
(choose 2)
1. Laceration
2. Keloid
During surgery they had to make a (1) surgical cut produced by a sharp instrument and then (2) stitch the edges of a wound
1. incision
2. suturing
Another name for (1) a mole (circumscribed malformation of the skin) and (2) a blister (small elevation of the epidermis containing liquid)
1. nodule or nevus
2. verruca or vesicle
1. nevus
2. vesicle
Surgical:
surgical repair of the skin
dermat/o/plasty
onych/o and ungu/o are the combining forms for...
nail
A patient went to the dermatologist for (1) a chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered with silvery scales and (2) localized collection of pus, bacteria, and other material
Pilonidal cyst, abscess, herpes, psoriasis, measles, furuncle
1. Psoriasis
2. Abscess
excision
A patient went to the dermatologist and was diagnosed with (1) a small, knoblike mass that can be felt by touch and (2) puffy swelling of tissue from accumulation of fluid
cyst, lesion, nevus, nodule, pruritus, edema
(choose 2)
1. nodule
2. edema
Complementary:
1. Pertaining to upon the skin
2. Producing hornlike tissue
1. epi/derm/al
2. kerat/o/genic
What are the 3 combining forms for skin?
If someone had a (1) noninfectious, inflammatory skin disease characterized by redness, blisters, scabs, and itching and got a (2) slit or cracklike sore in the skin with it, what would they be diagnosed with?
carbuncle, psoriasis, eczema, pediculosis, furuncle, fissure, cellulitis
(Choose 2)
1. Eczema
2. Fissure
If someone has internal bleeding during surgery or consistent bloody noses, they might have a procedure where they destruct the tissue with a hot or cold instrument, electric current, or caustic substance.
Internally, this is commonly used when the area is too small for stitches
debridement, dermabrasion, cryosurgery, cauterization, excision, skin graft, suturing
cauterization
A patient had a complaint of (1) excessive sweating and (2) loss of hair
induration, diaphoresis, papule, wheal, alopecia, ecchymosis
1. diaphoresis
2. alopecia
Complementary:
1. study of the skin
2. abnormal condition of excessive hair (growth)
3. pertaining to the nail
2. hyper/trich/osis
3. ungual
What are the prefixes for:
1. on, upon, over
2. beside, around, abnormal
3. through, across, beyond
1. epi-
2. para-
3. trans-
A patient went to the dermatology and their results stated they had (1) a malignant growth developing from scalelike epithelial tissue of the surface layer of the epidermis and (2) a malignant epithelial tumor arising from the bottom layer of the epidermis called the basal layer. What are the medical terms for those two types of cancer?
1. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
2. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
If you were getting a wart removed at the dermatologist, they will use a technique where they destruct the tissue by using extreme cold, often by using liquid nitrogen
debridement, dermabrasion, cryosurgery, cauterization, cryptosurgery, excision, skin graft, suturing
cryosurgery
A patient was diagnosed with (1) paleness and (2) itching
papule, pustule, wheal, pruritus, pallor
1. pallor
2. pruritus
Disease:
If someone had an inflammation of a sweat gland and a condition of eating the nails (nail biting), what medical terms would they be diagnosed with?
hidr/aden/itis and onych/o/phagia
What are the suffixes for:
1. surgical repair
2. excision, surgical removal
3. producing, originating, causing
1. -plasty
2. -ectomy
3. -genic
A child had an (1) invasion into the skin and hair by lice and (2) scraping away of the skin by mechanical process or injury from falling off their bike. What would they be diagnosed with?
abrasion, carbuncle, laceration, pediculosis, impetigo, urticaria
(choose 2)
1. Pediculosis
2. Abrasion
Mohs surgery
These are all words you should have heard before:
1. erosion of the skin or mucous membranes
2. closed sac containing fluid of semisolid material
3. condition characterized by a yellow coloring of the skin, mucus membranes and sclera (white of eyes), caused by bile
1. ulcer
2. cyst
3. jaundice
Complementary:
1. berry-shaped (bacterium) in twisted chains
2. white skin (white patches caused by depigmentation)
1. strept/o/coccus (strep)
2. leuk/o/derm/a
What are the combining forms for:
1. hard
2. hidden
3. swallowing, eating
1. scler/o
2. crypt/o
3. phag/0