Medical Diagnostic Terms — Unit test Answers
A doctor ordered thermotherapy for a patient’s edema. What is the doctor requesting?
The root word “dermis” refers to the skin. Which term refers to the outside layer of skin?
The medical term “PVD” is often used in place of “Peripheral Vascular Disease.” PVD belongs to which category of medical terminology?
Suzanne was diagnosed with lymphocytopenia. Lymphocytes are white blood cells, so which best describes Suzanne’s condition?
Gorjana is making a study chart to learn some common medical root words. She has recorded the first two definitions in the chart.
Which statement best describes how eponyms are different from Latin medical terms?
Central Medical Hospital uses a computer system to maintain patient records. Seaside Pharmacy shares certain patient information with the hospital, including patient names and medical history. The pharmacy uses a different computer system, but the data is unaltered when it is updated by employees in either facility. Which term best describes the scenario?
Dr. Wong explained to her patient Bryan that he has an early stage of cancer and that the cancer should not cause long-term illness. Which is the best term for the doctor’s explanation?
The combining form “thrombo” refers to clotting of the blood. Which term refers to a disease of blood-clotting cells?
What is an advantage of using medical coding?
Which is the best example of a healthcare-associated infection?
Henrietta has myopathy that affects her pulmonary function. Which statement describes the condition that Henrietta most likely has?
The root word “cephal-” refers to the head, and the suffix “-y” refers to a condition. Which is a condition in which a person has a larger than normal head?
The root word “aden-” means “gland.” Which term refers to a mass or tumor in a gland?
A large hospital is associated with two nearby pharmacies. The owners of the hospital would like patient information to be stored and shared electronically between the hospital and the pharmacies. Which is the best solution for this task?
Dr. Burns suspects that his patient has meningitis, which is a disease that causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Meningitis can be detected by observing fluid that surrounds the spinal cord. Which diagnostic procedure will the doctor most likely use to confirm his suspicions?
A nursing assistant needs to dispose of chemicals that were used during a patient’s cancer treatments. Which would best inform the nursing assistant about proper disposal?
A patient sees an oncologist for a test. The oncologist discovers an abnormal growth of cells but cannot determine with this test whether or not the growth will form a solid mass or if it will be malignant.In medical terms, the abnormal growth that the oncologist has discovered would best be described as a
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