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NCCT Medical Assistant National

Certification test review questions. II:

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A. FOUNDATIONS

OF WORD STRUCTURE B. ABBREVIATIONS

Blood - The suffix - emia means? Dilate - The medical term for expanding or opening wider is? UA - The abbreviation for urinalysis is? Tissue - The medical term for groups of cells with the same function is? Cell - The medical term for the basic unit of body structure is? Hypo - The abbreviation for below or low is? Menopause - The medical term for the time when menstruation stops is? GI or G.I. - The abbreviation for gastrointestinal is? Reflex - The medical term for an involuntary movement is? Paraplegia - The medical term for paralysis from the waist down is? Quadriplegia - The medical term for paralysis from the neck down is? po - The medical abbreviation for by mouth is? dsg - The abbreviation for dressing is? Hemiplegia - The medical term for paralysis on one side of the body is? Rotation - The medical term for circular movement around a central point is? Supination - The medical term for turning the palm forward, as applied to the hand is? Atrophy - The medical term for a decrease in size or a wasting is? Extension - The medical term for straightening of a body part is?

Menarche - The medical term for when menstruation begins is? PPBS - The abbreviation for postprandial blood sugar is? Abduction - The medical term for moving a body part away from the body is? Flexion - The medical term for bending a body part is? Pronation - The medical term for turning the palm backward is? Dorsiflexion - The medical term for bending backward is? Contracture - The medical term for the abnormal shortening of a muscle is? Adduction - The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is? Lab - The abbreviation for laboratory is? d/c - The abbreviation for discontinue is? hs - The abbreviation for bedtime or hour of sleep is? Hyper - The abbreviation for above or high is? hr or h - The abbreviation for hour is? ECG - The abbreviation for electroencephalogram is? Pap smear - The abbreviation for papanicolaou smear is? CA - The abbreviation for cancer is? Anorexia - The medical term for loss of appetite is? Gavage - The medical term for tube feeding is? Glucosuria - The medical term for sugar in the urine is? Bedsore - The common term for a decubitus ulcer; pressure sore is? TPR - The abbreviation for temperature, pulse & respiration is? Vein - The word element phlebo means? Air, lungs - The word element pneumo means?

Gland - The word element adeno means? Pain - The word elements algia, algesia refer to? Heart - The word element cardio means? Skull - The word element cranio means? Surgical removal - The word element ectomy means? Vomiting - The word element emesis means? Cut - The word element cise means? Puncture - The word element centesis means? Kidney - The word element renal means? After - The word element post means? Condition of - The word element osis means? Nose - The word element rhino means? Mouth or ostium uteri - The word element stomato means? Above - The word element super means? TSS - The abbreviation for toxic shock syndrome is? Red skin - Erythemia refers to? Superficial - The opposite of deep is? Hypertension - High blood pressure is referred to as? New growth - Neoplasm refers to? Carbohydrate - The abbreviation carb means? CC - The abbreviation for chief complaint is? gr - The abbreviation for grain is?