Medical Terminology Unit 1

Basic Word Structure

Exercise -1-

Exercise -2-

Exercise -3-

Exercise -4-

Exercise -6-

Exercise -7-

Exercise -8-

Exercise -9-

Exercise -5- Exercise -10-

EXERCISE - 1 -

Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right. Put the correct letter in the blank spaces. Follow the example.

1. without fever.

2. in away which is not normal

3. an identification of patient’s condition or illness

4. difficulty in passing urine.

5. a condition where the level of haemoglobin -----------------

and red blood cells are less than normal.

6. difficulty in breathing.

7. a visual examination of the inside of the body.

8. low blood pressure.

9. under the skin.

10. within a vein.

Anaemia

Subcataneous

Intravenous

Hypotension

Endoscopy

Dyspnea

Afebrile

Abnormally

Dysuria

Diagnosis

EXERCISE - 2 -

Choose the most appropriate answer.

1. The patient suffers from pain on or difficulty in passing urine. The Is that he suffers from dysuria.

diagnosis

a. anaemia

c. digestion

b. diagnosis

d. dysphagia

Answer

2. Norah suffers from higher than normal blood pressure. This is recorded in her chart ashypertension

a. hyperventilation

c. hypertension

b. hyperpyrexia

d. hyperthyroidism

Answer

3. After the patient’s temperature decreased and returned to normal, the patient was described as afebrile

a. afebrile

c. preoperative

b. intercostal

d. subcutaneous

Answer

4. The patient’s temperature was over 41 C. he is

febrile

a. subgastric

c. postoperative

b. febrile

d. hypertensive

Answer

5. Khalid was involved in a ca accident. Several ribs were broken and he had a/an bleedingintercostal

a. dyspoeic

c. diagnostic

b. intravenous

d. intercostal

Answer

6. Hessah alshuhri had an operation last night. Her …………………….. course was smooth.postoperative

a. preoperative

c. hypertensive

b. postoperative

d. hypotensive

Answer

EXERCISE - 3 -

The jumbled letters a word. Read each sentence carefully and decide which word is missing in each blank space.

1. He avoids eating salt because he is …………………...hypertensive

2. The patient’s temperature now is over 40 C. he is ……………………………..

3. The results of the blood test were …………………………….. The hemoglobin and red blood cells were very low.

hyperpyretic

abnormal

(yhpretnsevie)

(hpyrepyreitc)

(banroaml)

4. The patient is ……………………….. His blood pressure is very low.

hypotensive

5. Before admission to the hospital, the patient had all ………………… investigations done.

6. Postoperatively the patient was on ………………… solutions.

preoperative

intravenous

(yhpotnesvie)

(rpeorpateive)

(nitrvaenuso)

EXERCISE - 4 -

Write the missing words on the line.

1. The combining form …………… Means the stomach.gastro

2. . ………………. Means pain or difficulty in swallowing.

3. The prefix ………….. Means between.

dysphagia

inter

4. . …………. Means pain or difficulty in passing urine.dysuria

5. The prefix ………….. Means within or inside.intra

6. . ……………………….. Means low blood pressure.hypotensive

7. . ……………………….. Means very fast breathing.hyperventilation

8. The combining form ………… Means a rib.costo

………….

………….

………….

………………..

………..

…………………….………………………..

……….

EXERCISE - 5 -

Read the following passages and then answer the questions that follow.

A.In the UK, about 1 in 6 adults has persistent high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. The condition puts strain on the heart and arteries, resulting in damage to delicate tissues. If it is let untreated, hypertension may eventually affect the eyes and kidneys. The higher the blood pressure, the greater the risk that complications such as heart attacks, coronary artery disease and stroke will develop.

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1. What does hypertension mean?…………………………………………………………………………………Hypertension means high blood pressure.

2. How does hypertension affect the heart and blood vessels?…………………………………………………………………………………

3. When may hypertension affect the eyes and kidneys?…………………………………………………………………………………

The condition puts strain on the heart and arteries resulting in damage to delicate tissues.

Hypertension may affect the eyes and the kidneys if it is left untreated.

4. What are the complications of hypertension?…………………………………………………………………………Heart attack, coronary artery diseases, and stroke.

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…………………………………………………………………………………

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1. Excessive working of a muscle …………………………….strain

2. Continuing ……………………………………………

3. Relating to the arteries which supply blood to the heart muscles ……………………………………

Persistent

Coronary arteries4. A sudden attack of weakness affecting one side of the

body resulting from a cerebral bleeding or blood clot in the brain ………………stroke

5. A prefix which means high or excessive ………………. hyper

5. Find words in the text which are similar in meaning to the followings:5. Find words in the text which are similar in meaning to the followings:

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…………..……………

B.Anaemia is a deficiency or an abnormality of haemoglobin, the component of red blood cells that binds with oxygen from the lungs and carries it through the circulation to the body tissues.Red blood cells are manufactured in the bone marrow and circulate in the blood stream for about 120 days before they are broken down in the spleen. Anaemia can be diagnosed by blood tests to measure the level of haemoglobin and to establish the type and cause of the anaemia.

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1. What is the topic of this passage?……………………Anaemia

2. What does hemoglobin do?…………………………………………………………………………………

3. Where are red blood cells manufactured?…………………………………………………………………………………

Hemoglobin binds with red blood cells and carries them through circulation to the body tissues.

Red blood cells are manufactured in the bone marrow.4. Where are red blood cells broken down?

…………………………………………………………………………Red blood cells are broken down in the spleen.4. How is anaemia diagnosed?

…………………………………………………………………………Anaemia is diagnosed by blood tests.

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………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………..

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1. Not having enough of something ………………….Deficiency

2. To identify a patient’s condition or illness by examining the patient and noting symptoms

3. To find out ………………………………..

Diagnosis

To establish

6. Find words in the text which are similar in meaning to the followings:6. Find words in the text which are similar in meaning to the followings:

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1. Anaemia …………………………An (no or without)

2. Abnormality ……………………………

3. Diagnosis …………………………………

Ab (away from)

Dia (through or complete)

7. Identify the prefixes in the following words and write their meanings on the lines below:7. Identify the prefixes in the following words and write their meanings on the lines below:

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EXERCISE - 6 -

Match the terms on the left with their definitions on the right. Put the correct letter in the blank spaces.

1. a doctor who specializes in heart diseases.

2. making an opening in the bladder

3. a surgical removal of the kidney

4. a sever pain in the nerve

5. a visual examination of the stomach

6. a surgical repair of the blood vissels

7. any disease of the kidney

8. a surgical operation to make an opening in the

------------- trachea.

9. related to the heart.

10. an inflammation of the stomach.

…………..Neuralgia

Cystostomy

Gastritis

Nephrosis

Tracheostomy

Gastroscopy

Angioplasty

Cardiologist

Nephrectomy

Cardiac …………………………….

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…………………………….

EXERCISE - 7 -

Choose the most appropriate answer.

1. The patient has an urgent …………………… to help him breathe. A tube was inserted into the windpipe.

tracheostomy

a. colostomy

c. gastrostomy

b. tracheostomy

d. cystostomy

…………………..

2. She doesn’t feel properly in her right leg because of a ………… deficit. It seems that she has got some nerve damage.

neural

a. neural

c. cardiac

b. gastric

d. angiographic

…………

3. The cardiologist asked the patient to have a/an …………………… to examine the blood vissels of the heart.angiography

a. gastroscopy

c. neuralgia

b. angiography

d. nephrosis

…………………

4. The patient had a chronic attack of inflammation of the stomach. This …………………. Caused a permanent damage to the stomach.

gastritis

a. gastroscopy

c. gastritis

b. nephrosis

d. cardiology

…………..

5. The results of the blood test show that the level of …………………….. Is very low. This makes the patient susceptible to infections.

leukocytes

a. leukocytes

c. angiograph

b. gastritis

d. neuralgia

………………

EXERCISE - 8 -

Write the correct word or word part on the line and then combine them to form the new word.

1. The combining form ……………… means the trachea.Trache/o

2. The suffix …………… means visual examination.

3. The term ………………………. Means a visual examination of the trachea.

scopy

tracheoscopy

1. A visual examination of the trachea.1. A visual examination of the trachea.

…………….

…………

…………………

1. The prefix …………… means difficult.dys

2. The suffix …………… means breathing.

3. The term ………………………. Means a difficulty in breathing

pnea

dyspnea

2. A difficulty in breathing.2. A difficulty in breathing.

……

………

…………..

1. The combining form ……………… means the stomach.Gastr/o

2. The suffix …………… means pain.

3. The term ………………………. Means pain in the stomach.

algia

gastralgia

3. Pain in the stomach.3. Pain in the stomach.

…………..

………

……………..

1. The combining form ……………… means the kidney.nephr/o

2. The suffix …………… means surgical removal.

3. The term ………………………. Means a surgical removal of the kidney

ectomy

nephrectomy

4. A surgical removal of the kidney.4. A surgical removal of the kidney.

……………

…………

…………………..

1. The combining form ……………… means the urinary bladder.

cyst/o

2. The suffix …………… means an inflammation.

3. The term ………………… Means an inflammation of the urinary bladder.

itis

cystitis

5. An inflammation of the urinary bladder.5. An inflammation of the urinary bladder.

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……….

………….

1. The combining form ……………… means the kidney.Nephr/o

2. The suffix …………… means a person.

3. The term ………………………. Means a doctor who specialises in kidney diseases.

logist

nephrologist

6. A doctor who specialises in kidney diseases.6. A doctor who specialises in kidney diseases.

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EXERCISE - 9 -

Which affix would you ………………………….

1. …………… use to give the prefix hyper its oppositehypo

a. dys

c. hypo

b. inter

d. ab

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2. …………… use to give the opposite of supra.sub

a. poly

c. ad

b. intra

d. sub

………

3. …………… use to give the adjective febrile its opposite.

a

a. dys

c. ad

b. a

d. super

…………

4. …………… add to the noun tension so that it means low blood pressure.hypo

a. hyper

c. inter

b. hypo

d. intra

……….

5. …………… add to the combining form cardi/o so that it means the study of the heart.logy

a. logy

c. ac

b. itis

d. ectomy

……..

6. …………… add to the noun vein so that it means pertaining to the vein.ous

a. al

c. ous

b. ic

d. ive

………

EXERCISE -10 -

Read the following passages and then answer the questions that follow:

A.Coronary angioplasty is used to widen coronary arteries that are narrowed or blocked by fatty deposits. The technique may be carried out at the same time as coronary angiography. Under local anaesthesia, a guide wire is inserted through the femoral artery in the groin and up to the affected coronary artery. A balloon catheter is passed up the wire, and the balloon is inflated in the narrowed area to widen it.

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1. What is the topic of this paragraph?……………………………………………………..Coronary angioplasty

a. Coronary angiography

c. Coronary angioplasty

b. Local anesthesia

d. Coronary arteries

……………………………………

2. How is coronary angioplasty performed?……………………………………………………………..By a balloon catheter

a. By a balloon catheter

c. By fatty deposits

b. By coronary angiography

d. By blocked arteries

…………………………………

3. Where is the balloon inflated?……………………………………………..In the narrowed area

a. In the arteries

c. In the femoral artery

b. In the guide wires

d. In the narrowed area

……………………………….

1. Angioplasty: ……………Plasty (surgical repair)

2. Angiography: …………………………………………

3. Femoral: …………………………………………………..

graphy (record)

al (pertaining to)

4. Anaesthesia: ……………………………………………..ia (state or condition

4. Identify the suffixes in the following words and write their meanings on the lines below:

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B.Gastritis, which is inflammation of the stomach lining, is a common disorder. More than half of the population over the age of 50 have gastritis, although in some cases there are no symptoms. The disorder may be acute and have a sudden onset, but it is more frequently chronic, developing gradually over months or years. The symptoms commonly include discomfort in the upper abdomen. The inflammation may be complicated by bleeding from the stomach.

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1. .………. Gastritis is a disorder which has no symptoms.F

2. . ………. Two types of gastritis are mentioned in the text

3. . ……… in acute gastritis, the onset of the disease is developing gradually over a long period of time.

T

T

4. . ………. Gastritis may be complicated by bleeding in the stomach.T

5. . ……….. The opposite of suddenly is gradually.T

Say whether each of the following statements is true ( T ) or false ( F ) according to the passage.

6. . ……….. The noun form of gastric is stomach.T

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