Medical Terminology
Give meanings for the following combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes.
son/o: __Sound.
Drug is administered under the tongue: __
Sublingual.
Having the ability to enter and destroy surrounding tissue.
Invasive.
A condition of deficient potassium in the blood is __.
Hypokalemia.
Tobacco smoke is the leading cause of this cancer.
Lung cancer.
Give meanings for the following combining forms.
fibr/o: __
Fibre.
Permitting the passage of x-rays: radio__
Radiolucent.
What is the term for the specialization of cells?
Differentiation.
A condition of excessive appetite is __.
Polyphagia.
A genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive manner that impairs the normal clearance of mucus from the lungs.
Cystic fibrosis.
Give meanings for the following combining forms.
plas/o: __
Formation.
Give the meanings for the following medical terms.
PET: __
Positron emission tomography.
Possessing a stem or stalk.
Pedunculated.
ACTH stands for __ hormone.
Adrenocorticotropic.
Cancer of the cells that make the pigment that gives skin its colour.
Melanomas.
Give meanings for the following combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes.
vitr/o: __
Glass.
Drug is injected via syringe under the skin, into a vein, muscle, or cavity: __
Parenteral.
Malnutrition associated with cancer.
Cachexia.
A condition of protrusion of the eyeballs from their orbits is __.
Exophthalmos.
A condition characterized by large amounts of dilute urine and increased thirst.
Diabetes insipidus.
Give meanings for the following combining forms.
cras/o: __Mixture.
Study of uses of radioactive substances in the diagnosis of disease: __medicine
Nuclear.
What does VEGF stand for?
Vascular endothelial growth factor.
Another name for the posterior pituitary is the __.
Neurohypophysis.
A rare fatal condition resulting from long-standing hypothyroidism with loss of the adaptive mechanism to maintain homeostasis.
Myxedema.