HTR - Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools



HTR Medical Terminology Study Guide

1. What does the root word cranio mean?

2. What does the root word thorac mean?

3. What does the root word gastro mean?

4. What does the root word cardio mean?

5. What is rhinitis?

6. What suffix means inflammation?

7. What does the suffix emia mean?

8. What does the suffix algia mean?

9. What is the prefix for new?

10. What does the prefix dys mean?

11. What is the root term for nose?

12. What is the root term for red?

13. What is the root term for bone?

14. Is rhinitis a symptom of a common cold?

15. What is hypertension?

16. Does a mammogram detect breast cancer?

17. What does pyuria mean?

18. What does the prefix a or an mean?

19. What does the prefix mal mean?

20. What does D/C mean?

21. What does DNR mean?

22. What is the abbreviation for electrocardiogram?

23. What is the abbreviation for electroencephalogram?

24. What does VS mean?

25. Who does a hematologist take care of?

26. What does polycythemia mean?

27. Who does a cardiologist take care of?

28. What kind of doctor would treat chest pain and hypertension?

29. Can you have myalgia after excessive exercise?

30. Does a man or a woman have a hysterectomy?

31. What is a nephrectomy?

32. What does PRN mean?

33. What is hepatomegaly?

34. Can hydrocephaly cause brain damage if untreated?

35. What is hemiplegia?

36. Can a person who has hemiplegia walk without assistance?

37. What does thoracentesis mean?

38. How does a person take his medicine if he takes it PO?

39. How many times per day does a person take his medicine if the Rx says bid?

40. What is the abbreviation that means the patient is not allowed to eat or drink anything?

41. What does STAT mean?

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