Directions: Based
on vocabulary found on pages 67-88 in Medical Terminology, choose the
best term to complete each of the sentences below. Compare your choice to the
correct answer hidden under the answer button.
1. _____ is
a word meaning discharge of pus.
2. The
physician treated the patient for _____, which produced discharge,
inflammation, and deafness in her ear.
3. The
baby cried because of _____, or an earache.
4. The
patient, who had a head cold, had a symptom of _____, or drainage from the nose.
5. The man
had a stone in his nose, or a _____.
6. A
gallstone, or _____, can be very painful.
7. The
woman underwent a _____, or removal of her uterus.
8. _____
is the study of motion.
9. The man
suffered from _____, or abnormally slow heart action.
10. The boy
developed indigestion because of his fast eating, or _____.
11. If
_____ were not temporary and the person did not resume breathing, death would
result.
12. Because
the man ate so rapidly, he developed _____.
13. A germ
cell from which vessels develop is an _____.
14. The
doctor diagnosed the patient as suffering from hardening of muscle tissue, or
_____.
15. The
surgeon removed the tumor containing muscle fibers, or a _____.
16. The
doctor did not know what was causing the _____, or destruction of blood
tissue.
17. The
changes that occur in the cell from ooblast to mature ovum are _____.
18. _____
means excision of the ovary.
19. When an
ovary is displaced, an _____ is performed.
20. The
woman underwent a _____, or excision of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and
ovaries.
21. When
the uterus prolapses, it is called _____.
22. The
surgeon performed _____, or surgical repair of the eyelid.
23. The man
suffered _____ because of the hard blow to his kidneys.
24. He has
a _____, or kidney stone.