Med Term Final Review

A disease that develops slowly and lasts a lonh time, perhaps years, is called a(n) ___________ illness or disease.

• traumatic

• infectious

• chronic

• acute

Select the combiing form that means "fatty."

• ather/o

• arteri/o

• atri/o

• angi/o

Select the combining form that means "clot."

• varic/o

• sten/o

• ischem/o

• thromb/o

This is the medical term for the procedure where fallopian tubes are severed and closed as a form of permanent female birth control.

• tubal ligation

• vasectomy

• oophorectomy

• D&C

Which disorder affects the big toe with pain caused by deposits of uric acid crystals?

• Duchenne's

• epicondylitis

• bunion

• gout

What term means pain in the ear or earache?

• otorrhea

• vertigo

• otalgia

• otitis

This test measures the electrical activity of the brain.

• EEG

• CAT

• PET

• MRI

The medical term for the ability to breathe only when upright is:

• dyspnea

• orthopnea

• bradypnea

• eupnea

Purplish patches on the skin caused by leaking blood vessels are:

• lesions

• contusions

• petechiae

• abrasions

Abnormal leakage of amniotic fluid which indicates a rupture of the amniotic sac is called:

• amniorrhia

• amnioscopy

• amniocentesis

• amniography