Final Review Med Term 5

Hyperkaliemia

Hyper-

kal/i

-emia = blood condition

• Not enough magnesium in the blood

• Too much magnesium in the blood

• Not enough sodium in the blood

• Too much potassium in the blood

Polydipsia

poly-

-dipsia

• Excessive hunger

• Not hungry

• Excessive thirst

• Not thirsty

endo- means:

• end

• beside

• within

• behind

Which condition is an autoimmune disease that often affects the muscles of eye movements, eyelids, chewing, and swallowing?

• muscular dystrophy

• dyskinesia

• myasthenia gravis

Which combining form means fever?

• py/o

• pyel/o

• pyr/o

Pain, which can be observed only by the patient, is a _______________.

• Prognosis

• sign

• symptom

In the term otorhinolaryngology, which word root (combining form) means ear?

• laryng/o
  

• ot/o

• rhin/o

Which of these suffixes requires the use of the combining vowel?

(needs a vowel to make the term)

• -algia

• -otomy

• -rrhea

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

• acronym

• eponym

• syndrome

Which term means the study of the causes of diseases?

• epidemiology

• etiology

• pathology