Skills check 1 - 12Adv2

Which of the following suffixes means ‘disease or disease process’?

• -AEMIA

• -ITIS

• -LOGY

• -PATHY

Write the medical word meaning ‘cancer forming’.

Fatima has been told she has bradycardia. What does this mean?

• her heartbeat is slow

• she has cancer

• her blood pressure is high

• she has inflammation

Which of the following is a vital sign?

• weight

• respiration rate

• blood type

• ethnicity

Which of the following is a symptom of disease?

• pain

• skin rash

• cough

• bruising on hands

Which of the following medical words means ‘inflammation of the stomach’?

• gastrogenic

• hypergastrism

• acidosis

• gastroenteritis