Medical Term Concepts
An abbreviation formed from the first letter of each word in a phrase
What is an acronym?
The suffix that means “condition of” in the word alcoholism
What is -ism?
The sum of all physical and chemical activities that occur in a cell
What is metabolism?
Enzymes are considered which of the following?
Catalysts, Heat, Energy, Genes
What are catalysts?
What term describes something within the chest?
What is intrathoracic?
A word that contains more than one root
What is a compound word?
Which of the following words has a prefix that means “all”?
Oligospermia, Pandemic, Supernumerary, Hyperthermia
What is pandemic?
Amino acids are the building blocks of which cell components?
What are proteins?
An enzyme that digests fats
What is a lipase?
A circular muscle that regulates an opening
Which of the following is a synonym of the word supersensitivity?
Antisensitivity, Insensitivity, Hypersensitivity, Hyposensitivity
What is Hypersensitivity?
Prefix for the color black
What is melan/o?
What is cytogenesis?
What is the formation of cells?
Steatorrhea is the discharge of:
Saliva, Fats, Alcohol, or Mucus?
What are fats?
Which cavity contains the brain and spinal cord?
What is the dorsal cavity?
Vowel must commonly used in combining forms
What is "o"?
Which of the following terms contains a noun suffix?
Physician, Dementia, Psychiatry, Pediatrics
What is dementia?
A state of internal balance, a steady state
What is homeostasis?
What does a histologist study?
What are tissues?
How would you describe a cephalocaudal assessment?
What is head to tail (or head to toe)?
Fundamental unit of a term
What is the root?
Which of the following is a synonym of antenatal?
Prenatal, Postnatal, Intranatal, Internatal
A cell that ingests wastes and foreign matter
What is a phagocyte?
Name the outer layer of skin
What is the epidermis?
Body part that is proximal to the arm
What is the shoulder?