Chapter 6 Medical Terminology

Which term means disease producing?

• Pathological
• Diseasopathy
• Pathogenic
• Pathology

Which term means too few white blood cells?

• Leukopenia
• Hematopoiesis
• Erythropenia
• Thrombopoiesis

Which term means pertaining to blood?

• Sanguinous
• Hematic
• Hematologic
• Both A and B

Which term means that which produces fibers?

• Fibrogenic
• Fibrinogen
• Fibrinolysis
• Fibrotic

Which term means clotting cell?

• Erythrocyte
• Leukocyte
• Granulocyte
• Thrombocyte

Which term means too few red (cells)?

• Leukocytosis
• Erythrocytosis
• Hematocytosis
• Erythropenia

Which term means lymph gland inflammation?

• Lymphangiitis
• Lymphadenopathy
• Lymphadenitis
• Lympangiogram

Which term means blood destruction?

• Hemolytic
• Hematolytic
• Homolytic
• Both A and C

Which term means to cut into the spleen?

• Splenotomy
• Splenectomy
• Splenoplasty
• Splenopexy

The watery part of blood is called:

• Red cells
• Plasma
• White cells
• Platelets