Chapter 1 Medical Terminology

What condition is characterized by redness, heat, swelling, and pain?

• a. infection

• b. inflammation

• c. laceration

Which suffix means surgical repair?

• a. -ostomy

• b. -ectomy

• c. -plasty

Which term means abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries?

• arteriomalacia

• arterionecrosis

• arteriosclerosis

Which term is a pounding or racing heart?

• palpation

• palpitation

• hypertension

Which term is a groove or cracklike sore of the skin?

• fistula

• lesion

• fissure

Which prefix means excessive or increased?

• dys

• hypo-

• hyper-

Which term describes a disease or procedure named for the person who first discovered it?

• acronym

• eponym

• syndrome

Which suffix means to rupture?

• -rrhaphy

• -rrhea

• rrhexis

Which is the correct spelling of the term meaning wound or injury?

• thrauma

• trauma

• trawma

Which term means the rupture of a muscle?

• poliomyelitis

• myorrhexis

• gastralgia