Abbreviations & pot pourri
What causes malaria?
mosquitos
What is the combining form in the word toxic and its meaning?
Tox(o), poison
What does seps(o), sept(i), and sept(o) mean?
Infection
What do the combining forms leuk(o), alb(o), and albin(o) mean in medical terminology?
White
What is the difference between a biopsy and an autopsy?
Biopsy is examining living tissue to find out a diagnosis and autopsy is examining tissue of a dead body to determine cause of death
Lung cancer
What does myc(o) mean?
fungus
What causes infectious diseases?
Erythrocytes are ______ blood cells
Red
What is the #1 cause of death in the US
What does CDC stand for?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pod(o) means foot and _____ means hand.
Chir(o)
Name a way cancer metastasizes.
direct invasion of surrounding tissue, invasion of the bloodstream, invasion of lymphatic vessels, spread of cancer cells throughout a body cavity.
What is the hereditary condition when a person is an albino?
Albinism
What is a common way of saying streptococcal pharyngitis?
Strep throat
What does WMD stand for?
Weapons of Mass Destruction
What does staphyl(o) mean?
uvula
Which is smaller, viruses or bacteria?
Viruses
What does Cyanosis do to a person?
The person’s skin, lips, and nail beds turn a bluish color.
What is the #2 cause of death in the US?
Cancer
What is strep short for?
streptococci
What does strep(o) mean?
Twisted
Name the substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms without necessarily killing them.
Antiseptic
What is the medical condition when the skin, mucous membranes, and the white outer part of the eyeballs are yellow?
Jaundice
What causes cyanosis?
Caused by a lack of oxygen in the blood