Human Treatment of Medical Terminology

Medical Termi nology

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What does the term optical mean?
Pertaining to the eye
What does therapy mean?
Treatment
What is the term for an agent that is used to produce loss of feeling?
Anesthetic
Which of the following is NOT a surgical suffix?
-plasty -malacia -rrahpy -stomy
What is the term for an abnormally high body temperature?
Hyperpyrexial
Which structure does the term omphalorrhexis relate to?
The umbilicus
What is the term for a general intoxication of the body caused by absorption of bacterial toxins?
Toxemia
What is not a combining form that is generally associated with radiology?
Opt(o)
What does virulence mean?
The degree of disease-causing capability of an organism
What is the term for the type of blood transfusion in which blood is removed from the patient and stored for a variable period before it is transfused back into the patient?
Autologous
What term means a substance does NOT permit the passage of x-rays?
Radiopaque
What is studied in oncology?
Tumors
What is the term for objective evidence of an illness or disordered function?
Sign
What does -cele mean?
Hernia
What does lactase mean?
An enzyme that acts on the main sugar found in milk