Exam 1: Introduction

A surgical repair of the external ear may be termed:

A child has otorrhea. Knowing that -rrhea means a discharge, you know that he has a:

Neo- is a prefix meaning ____________________.

In the term hypodermic, the prefix is:

A patient is treated for kidney stones with a machine called a lithotripter. Its function is to ____ stones.

Which of the following means below or deficient?

A(n) ____________________ condition is one that develops slowly and lasts for a long time.

The term biopsy is an example of a(n):

A patient with an enteropathy has a(n) ____ of the intestines.

A patient scheduled for a gastrectomy was having a(n) ____ of his stomach.

An esophagogastroduodenoscopy is a procedure to _____ organs.

A patient with rhinitis has an inflammation of his:

As part of the operative procedure, the surgeon performs an enteroplasty. You know that she has ____ part of the intestines.

What is the singular of prognoses?

What type of diagnosis begins abruptly and severely?

Which word part comes at the end of some terms? ____________________

A biopsy is a(n) ____ of living tissue.

What is an instrument to visually examine a joint? ____________________

Which of the following suffixes indicates a therapeutic intervention?

The term hypothermia is an example of a(n):