During a patient exam, a medical professional may feel parts of the patient’s body. This is called:
palpation.
Medical language is made up primarily (but not exclusively) of words taken from which two ancient languages?
Greek and Latin
Translate the root pneumon/o.
Lung
Which degree burn is described by deep burn affecting the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous layer
Third Degree
If a patient’s symptoms or disease is becoming more and more severe, evident, etc. each day, it is known as:
progressive.
Identify the correct pronunciation for the underlined syllable in cardiovascular.
kar
A(n) ______ is a word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or invented what is being described.
eponym
What is the basic rule for emphasizing syllables?
in most words, the emphasis usually falls on the third-to-last syllable.
the correct breakdown of the term epidermal into its component parts.
epi/derm/al
A PACU is a(n):
postanesthesia care unit.
Translate the root morph/o.
Change
If a patient is prone, he is:
lying down on his belly.
A crack in the skin is called a(n):
fissure.
In medical terminology, what is a root?
The foundation or subject of the term
proper syllabic breakdown for the word cardiac arrest?
car/di/ac a/rrest
Translate the suffix -graph.
Instrument used to produce a record
The story of the patient's problem is known as:
history of present illness.
Translate the suffix -logy.
Study of
A patient has unremarkable symptoms. Unremarkable is a medical term used to mean:
normal.
What is the correct pronunciation for the term alopecia?
a-loh-PEE-sha
In order to treat the symptoms and make the patient feel better, a medical professional may recommend:
supportive care.
After a health care provider has gathered information from the patient and performed any necessary investigations, the health care provider then formulates a(n) ________________, which could be a diagnosis, identification of the problem, or
assessment
A patient concern that just started recently, or is a sudden onset, severe symptom, is called:
acute.
Which medical term means excessive melanin in the skin?
Hypermelanosis
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