NSG 117 Medical Terminology for Exam 3 – Nursing Vocabulary and Clinical Language Study Guide

NSG 117 Medical Terminology for Exam 3 – Nursing Vocabulary and Clinical
Language Study Guide


The suffix in the term phalloplasty is ________, which means ___________.



A. plasty, surgical repair

B. plasty, process of visual examination

C. sty, surgical repair

D. plasty, enlargement - ANS ✔✔A. plasty, surgical repair



The suffix in the term hepatoma is ________, which means ___________.



A. aoma, enlargement

B. atoma, atom-like

C. atoma, tumor or mass

D. oma, tumor or mass - ANS ✔✔D. oma, tumor or mass



In the term lymphadenopathy, a word part that means gland is:



A. lymph/o

B. phaden/o

C. aden/o

D. den/o - ANS ✔✔C. aden/o



The suffix in the term pneumonia is ________, which means ___________.

, A. ia, disease

B. ia, inflammation

C. ia, condition or disease

D. nia, condition or disease - ANS ✔✔C. ia, condition or disease



The suffix in the term cholecystectomy is _____, which means _____.



A. tomy, removal

B. tomy, incision

C. ectomy, removal

D. ectomy, creation of an opening - ANS ✔✔C. ectomy, removal



Mr. Jackson is checking into the hospital to undergo ___, the surgical excision of his prostate.



A. prostatoplasty

B. prostatectomy

C. prostatorrhaphy

D. prostatotomy - ANS ✔✔B. prostatectomy



The combining form myel/o means:



A. spinal cord

B. muscle

C. vertrebrae

D. nucleus - ANS ✔✔A. spinal cord