T's Terminology Review

Inflammation of the liver

• gingivitis
• glossitis
• hepatitis
• enteritis

Enlargement of the liver

• hepatitis
• hepatomegaly
• hepatopathy
• hepatectomy

Under the tongue

• sublingually
• glossitis
• glossal 
• lingual 

Which medical term means removal of gallbladder?

• Choledochectomy
• Cholecystectomy
• Cholelithectomy
• Cholelithiasis

The section of the pharynx associated with the mouth is the:

• Laryngopharynx
• Oropharynx
• Hypopharynx
• Nasopharynx

Which abbreviation stands for nothing by mouth?

• IBS
• NPO
• NG
• N&V

Which term means to eat

• pin/o

• -rrhagia

• phagia

• gloss/o

excessive carbon dioxide

• hypercapnia

• hyperoxia

• hypocapnia

• hypoxia

Without breath or not breathing

• apnea

• eupnea

• dyspnea

• tachypnea

• bradypnea

Accumulation of fluid in the lungs is known as 

• atelectasis
• acute pulmonary distress syndrome
• pulmonary edema
• pneumothorax