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Certifying Exam Study Guide - Medical Terminology
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Undergraduate 2
01/01/2012
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The root word arterio means:
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Artery
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Enuresis is:
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Nocturnal bed-wetting
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Hypertension means:
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High blood pressure
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Anaerobic means:
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Without oxygen
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Dys- means:
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Difficult
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QID refers to:
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4 times a day
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Chole refers to:
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Bile
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Mastectomy means:
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Excision of a breast
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Os means:
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Opening
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Aseptic means:
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Without sepsis
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Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy means removal of:
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Both tubes and ovaries
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NPO means
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Nothing by mouth (nil per os)
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Mentoplasty means reconstruction of the:
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Chin
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Pneumonectomy means:
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Removal of a lung
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-scopy means:
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Viewing
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Hepat refers to:
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Liver
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Tachycardia is a:
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Fast heart rate
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-tomy means:
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Incision
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Ectomy means:
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Excision
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Appendicitis means
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Inflammation of the appendix
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Inter-means:
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Between
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Oophor refers to:
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Ovary
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Cephalgia refers to:
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Headache
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Which abbreviation denotes the AIDS virus?
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HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)
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The abbreviation used for the left eye is:
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left eye: OS (oculus sinister) also right eye: OD (oculus dexter) both eyes: OU (oculus uterque)
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