Unit a - Medical Terminology Study Guide

Unit A - Medical Terminology Study Guide

1. Kathy has a hearing defect in both ears. Her condition occurs ______. 2. A person with ______has a headache. 3. An ______is the instrument that would be used to examine someone with vision problems. 4. The instrument that would be used to examine someone with hearing problems is the ______. 5. Somewhat with bladder cancer would likely have ______or blood in their urine. 6. ______, which is the removal of the breast, is a common surgical procedure performed all someone with breast cancer. 7. The contraction of the ______causes the heartbeat. 8. Somewhat with a superficial burn has damaged the ______. 9. A patient with chronic ear infections should see an ______. 10. The prefix for "rapid" is ______. 11. The word root ______means tooth. 12. The word root ______means straight. 13. The prefix ______means before. 14. The word ______or ______means tongue. 15. The word root ______means gum. 16. The prefix ______means white. 17. The prefix ______means bad. 18. Is suffix ______means poisonous. 19. The prefix ______means side. 20. The word route to that means “bag” or “bladder” is ______. 21. The suffix that means “surgical removal of” is ______. 22. The suffix ______means tumor. 23. The medical word root for “red” is ______. 24. The suffix ______means inflammation. 25. A benign tumor made up of fat cells is a ______. 26. The root word ______means liver. 27. The presence of stones in the gallbladder is ______.