NURSING 1000 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
-centesis correct answer surgical puncture to remove fluid
-cytosis correct answer more than the normal number of cells
-ectomy correct answer surgical removal
-emia correct answer blood
Abduction correct answer Movement away from the midline of the body
Acuity correct answer sharpness of vision
acute correct answer New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of
chronic
Adduction correct answer Movement toward the midline of the body
Adjuvant correct answer Substance that increases the immune response to
antigens
adventitious correct answer (adj.) resulting from chance rather than from an
inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not
congenital
, adverse correct answer (adj) unfavorable, negative; working against, hostile
Afebrile correct answer without fever
affect correct answer have an effect on; make a difference to.
Agonist correct answer a molecule that, by binding to a receptor site, stimulates a
response
Anemia correct answer a deficiency of red blood cells
Angio correct answer blood vessel
Antagonist correct answer opponent
Antecubital correct answer front of elbow
Anterior correct answer front of the body
anti- correct answer against
antibody correct answer a substance produced by the body that destroys or
inactivates an antigen that has entered the body
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
-centesis correct answer surgical puncture to remove fluid
-cytosis correct answer more than the normal number of cells
-ectomy correct answer surgical removal
-emia correct answer blood
Abduction correct answer Movement away from the midline of the body
Acuity correct answer sharpness of vision
acute correct answer New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of
chronic
Adduction correct answer Movement toward the midline of the body
Adjuvant correct answer Substance that increases the immune response to
antigens
adventitious correct answer (adj.) resulting from chance rather than from an
inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not
congenital
, adverse correct answer (adj) unfavorable, negative; working against, hostile
Afebrile correct answer without fever
affect correct answer have an effect on; make a difference to.
Agonist correct answer a molecule that, by binding to a receptor site, stimulates a
response
Anemia correct answer a deficiency of red blood cells
Angio correct answer blood vessel
Antagonist correct answer opponent
Antecubital correct answer front of elbow
Anterior correct answer front of the body
anti- correct answer against
antibody correct answer a substance produced by the body that destroys or
inactivates an antigen that has entered the body
