Spell Check
A localized collection of pus is an 'ab-sess'; which is spelled how?
What is an a-b-s-c-e-s-s?
Your laboratory test shows hyperglycemia meaning excessive sugar in what?
What is the blood?
[emiais the suffix meaning blood ]
What is an infection of the bladder, ureter and kidney?
What is Urinary tract infection (UTI)?
What is the name of the device that helps patients breathe?
What is a Ventilator ?
Prefixes are located at what part of a medical term?
What is the beginning?
Transfer of cells from one organ to another as in cancer is called 'muh-tass-tuh-sys'; which is spelled how?
What is m-e-t-a-s-t-a-s-i-s?
Spir/o/metry, a pulmonary function test used to diagnose lung conditions, does what to a patient's breathing?
What is measures?
[metry means measurement - meter is the instrument used to measure as in spir/o/meter ]
What is the abbreviation for a sudden deficient supply of blood to the brain lasting for a short time?
What is a TIA?
Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is like a stroke, but is not a stroke since no permanent damage occurs.
A person that can pass disease to another person, usually by direct contact, may be referred to as?
What is contagious?
Suffixes are located at what part of a medical term?
What is the end?
Inflammatory skin disease is called 'egg-zuh-muh' is spelled how?
What is e-c-z-e-m-a?
Because of cancer the patient has been advised to have his lung removed; a procedure known as what?
What is a pneumonectomy?
[ectomy means excision or surgical removal. Pneum and pneumon are word roots meaning lung]
A blood test used to diagnose and monitor diabetes which indicates blood sugar levels over the past three months?
What is an A1C/ HbA1c?
Glycosylated hemoglobin/HbA1c
The widespread occurrence of the flu in a community at a certain time is called what?
What is a flu epidemic?
What term refers to a part of the body that is farther away from the center of the body than another part?
What is distal?
An abnormality of the heart's rhythm is spelled how?
What is an a-r-r-h-y-t-h-m-i-a?
If a substance is carcin/o/genic, then it does what related to?
What is causes cancer?
[genic is the suffix which means producing, originating, causing ]
What is a test to measure renal function?
What is a BUN?
Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) measures the amount of urea in the blood.
The spray produced with a cough or sneeze which can spread diseases like COVID-19 is called?
What are droplets?
Integumentary refers to the what?
What is the skin?
Branch of medicine that deals with the eye is spelled how?
What is o-p-h-t-h-a-l-m-o-l-o-g-y?
The patient has an inguinal hernia which is in need of repair, called what?
What is a herniorrhaphy?
[herni/o/rrhaphy; rrhaphy means suturing or repairing]
What is a noninvasive surgical procedure performed to crush kidney or urethral stones?
What is ESWL -Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy uses repeated shockwaves to crush stones in the urinary tract.
Which branch of medicine deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of disease in a population?
What is Epidemiology?
The term for a patient lying on the back or with the face upward, is what?
What is supine?