Medical Terminology Vocabulary Quiz

Removing tissue by cutting it out is to

• anomaly

• excise

• abscess

• biopsy

Pus that forms in a pocket or body cavity is an

• anomaly

• excise

• abscess

• biopsy

The removal of tissue to examine for the presence of disease is a

• anomaly

• excise

• abscess

• biopsy

What a doctor or nurse can see, like bleeding or swelling is a

• sign

• symptom

• pathogen

• appendectomy

A disease causing organism is a

• sign

• symptom

• pathogen

• appendectomy

The medical term for joint pain is

• arthralgia

• appendectomy

• abscess

• biopsy

The surgical removal of the appendix is called an

• arthralgia

• appendectomy

• abscess

• biopsy

A headache or a fever is an example of a

• sign

• symptom

• pathogen

• appendectomy

Something that deviates from the normal is an

• anomaly

• excise

• abscess

• biopsy

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• white

• red

• blue

• gray