Chapter 2: Body in Disease

Question 1

Preventitve Medicine

Answer 1

a healthcare specialty that focuses on keeping a person healthy and preventing diease
prevent/o: prevent
-ive: pertaining to

Question 2

Medicine

Answer 2

medic/o: physician, medicine

-ine: thing pertaining to

Question 3

etiology

Answer 3

eti/o: cause of disease

-logy: study

Question 4

congenital

Answer 4

congenit/o: present at birth

-al: pertaining to

Question 5

degenerative

Answer 5

de: reversal of; without
gener/o: production; creation
-ative: pertaining to

Question 6

environmental

Answer 6

caused by exposure to external substances

Question 7

hereditary

Answer 7

heredit/o: genetic inheritance

-ary: pertaining to

Question 8

iatrogenic

Answer 8

iatr/o: physician; medical treatment
gen/o: arising from; produces by
-ic: pertaining to

Question 9

idiopathic

Answer 9

idi/o: unknown; individual
path/o: disease
-ic: pertaining to

Question 10

infectious

Answer 10

infect/o: disease within

-ious: pertaining to

Question 11

pathogen

Answer 11

path/o: disease

-gen: that which produces

Question 12

communicable

Answer 12

communic/o: impart, transmit

-able: able to be

Question 13

neoplastic

Answer 13

ne/o: new
plast/o: growth, formation
-ic: pertaining to

Question 14

nosocomial

Answer 14

nosocomi/o: hospital

-al: pertaining to

Question 15

nutritional

Answer 15

nutrit/o: nourishment

• ion: action; condition
• al: pertaining to

Question 16

symptomatology

Answer 16

symptomat/o: collection of symptoms

-logy: the study of

Question 17

syndrome

Answer 17

syn: together

- drome: a running

Question 18

asymptomatic

Answer 18

a- away from; without
symptomat/o: collection of symptoms
-ic: pertaining to

Question 19

inspection

Answer 19

inspect/o: looking at

-ion: action; condition

Question 20

palpation

Answer 20

palpat/o: touching feeling

-ion: action, condition

Question 21

auscultation

Answer 21

auscult/o: listening

-ation: a process, being or having

Question 22

percussion

Answer 22

percuss/o: tapping

-ion: action; condition

Question 23

diagnosis

Answer 23

dia- complete; completely
gnos/o: knowledge
-osis: condition, abnormal condition
* Plural form changing -is to -es

Question 24

acute

Answer 24

sudden in nature and severe in intensity

Question 25

subacute

Answer 25

less severe in intensity

Question 26

chronic

Answer 26

chron/o: time | -ic: pertaining to

Question 27

exacerbation

Answer 27

exacerb/o: increase, provoke | ation: a process; being or having

Question 28

remission

Answer 28

remiss/o: send back | -ion: action; condition

Question 29

sequela

Answer 29

an abnormal condition or complication that arises because of the original disease and remains after the original disease has resolved

Question 30

therapeutic

Answer 30

therapeut/o: therapy; treatment | -ic: pertaining to

Question 31

refractory

Answer 31

re: again and again; backward; unable to fract/o: break up -ory: having the function of

Question 32

surgery

Answer 32

surg/o: operative procedure | ery: process of

Question 33

prognosis

Answer 33

pro: before gnos/o: knowledge -osis: condition; abnormal condition, process

Question 34

recuperation

Answer 34

recuper/o: recover | -ation: a process; being or having

Question 35

disability

Answer 35

a permanent loss of the ability to perform certain activities or to function in a given way

Question 36

terminal

Answer 36

termin/o: end; boundary | -al: pertaining to

Question 37

ambulatory surgery center

Answer 37

facility where minor surgical procedures are performed. The patient is outpatient who arrives in time for the surgery and does not stay overnight ambulat/o: walking surg/o: operative procedure

Question 38

ancillary department

Answer 38

provides services to support the medical and surgical care given in the hospital ancill/o: servant; accessory

Question 39

attending physician

Answer 39

physician on the medical staff of a hospital who admits patients, directs their care and discharges them physic/o: body

Question 40

hospice

Answer 40

facility for patients who have a terminal illness and require palliative supportive care, counseling and emotional support for themselves and their families palliat/o: reduce the severity of