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WorksheetsDeconstructing Medical Terms
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
A test used to record the electrical activity of the heart is called an ______.
Electrocardiogram
Cardiomegaly
Thoracentesis
Pneumothorax
Tingling or numbness in the hands or feet is an example of ______.
Paresthesia
Hyperglycemia
Hyperplasia
Acidosis
An infection or inflammation of the hair follicles is known as ______.
Folliculitis
Antiseptic
Gastrointestinal
Paresthesia
A person who has a disease but does not show any signs or symptoms is described as ______.
Asymptomatic
Acidosis
Hyperplasia
Gastrointestinal
A patient who has lost excessive body fluids and may feel dizzy or weak is experiencing ______.
Dehydration
Vasoconstriction
Cardiomegaly
Pneumothorax
The narrowing of blood vessels that reduces blood flow is called ______.
Vasoconstriction
Hyperplasia
Electrocardiogram
Antiseptic
A procedure that uses a needle to remove fluid from the chest is known as ______.
Thoracentesis
Vasoconstriction
Electrocardiogram
Hyperplasia
Nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain are related to the ______ system.
Gastrointestinal
Cardiomegaly
Pneumothorax
Asymptomatic
A substance used to prevent infection before an injection or procedure is an ______.
Antiseptic
Acidosis
Hyperglycemia
Electrocardiogram
An abnormal enlargement of the heart is referred to as ______.
Cardiomegaly
Pneumothorax
Dehydration
Folliculitis
A condition in which the body has too much acid in the blood is called ______.
Acidosis
Hyperplasia
Asymptomatic
Cardiomegaly
An increase in the number of cells that causes tissue enlargement is known as ______.
Hyperplasia
Vasoconstriction
Gastrointestinal
Paresthesia
Air trapped in the chest cavity that may cause the lung to collapse is called ______.
Pneumothorax
Thoracentesis
Electrocardiogram
Dehydration
A condition involving very high levels of sugar in the blood is known as ______.
Hyperglycemia
Paresthesia
Acidosis
Antiseptic
The prefix in dehydration is ______.
de-
a-
anti-
hyper-
The prefix in antiseptic is ______.
anti-
de-
para-
a-
The prefix in hyperglycemia is ______.
hyper-
anti-
a-
de-
Which of the following means "record or picture"?
-gram
hyper-
-itis
anti-
The prefix in asymptomatic is ______.
a-
para-
hyper-
de-
The word part that means inflammation is ______.
-itis
vas/o
cardi/o
-megaly
The word part that means blood vessel is ______.
vas/o
glyc/o
thorax
-itis
The word part that means heart is ______.
cardi/o
-megaly
vas/o
thorax
The word part that means chest is ______.
thorax
cardi/o
-megaly
glyc/o
The word part that means sugar is ______.
glyc/o
vas/o
-itis
thorax
The suffix that means enlargement is ______.
-megaly
-itis
vas/o
cardi/o
The word part that means stomach is ______.
gastr/o
hepat/o
cardi/o
thorax
The word "pneum/o" refers to ___
stomach
air
intestine
soil
