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College Medical Terms
ANTI-
  1. FAST, RAPID
  2. WITHIN, INSIDE
  3. AGAINST
  4. HEART
College Medical Terms
Heart failure is a chronic progressive disease that
  1. has a low mortality rate
  2. causes infrequent inpatient hospitalizations
  3. is the most costly cardiovascular disease
  4. effects over 4 million americans
College Medical Terms
What is a chronic inflammatory disease of the bronchial tubes, often triggered by an allergic reaction?
  1. Emphysema
  2. Asthma
  3. Wheezing
  4. Upper respiratory infection
College Medical Terms
1.one of the four elements of negligence is
  1. dereliction of duty
  2. deliberate act
  3. the defendent
  4. executive branch
College Medical Terms
Abbreviation for the human immunodeficiency virus.
  1. AIDS
  2. T Cell
  3. CD4
  4. HIV
College Medical Terms
Which of the following is any action causing physical harm?
  1. Physical Abuse
  2. Sexual Abuse
  3. Verbal Abuse
  4. Emotional Abuse
College Medical Terms
What is the combining form for blue?
  1. cyan/o
  2. chrom/o
  3. oste/o
  4. blue/o
College Medical Terms
INTER-
  1. BETWEEN, AMONG
  2. BEFORE, IN FRONT OF, FORWARD
  3. WITHOUT
  4. NEW, STRANGE
College Medical Terms
END-, ENDO-
  1. slow
  2. deficient, decreased
  3. within, in, inside
  4. between, among
College Medical Terms
What does the word part -pathy mean?
  1. cause
  2. to study
  3. disease
  4. structure
College Medical Terms
What is the condition of having deficient oxygen levels in the body's tissues or organs?
  1. Hypoxia
  2. Anoxia
  3. Airway Obstruction
  4. Expectoration
College Medical Terms
               is a life-threatening genetic disorder in which the lungs and pancreas are clogged with large quantities of abnormally thick mucus.
  1. Lung Cancer
  2. Pneumonconiosis
  3. Asbestosis
  4. Cystic Fibrosis
College Medical Terms
The Transverse plane:
  1. divides the body vertically into right and left portions
  2. divides the body horizontally into upper and lower portions
  3. divides the body vertically into equal right and left portions
  4. divides the body vertically into front and back portions
College Medical Terms
The directional term distal means:
  1. nearest to the center of the body or point of attachment
  2. to divide the body horizontally into upper and lower portions
  3. lying face down
  4. farthest from the center of the body, origin, or point of attachment
College Medical Terms
A-, AN-
  1. without, away from, negative, not
  2. half
  3. within, in, inside
  4. against
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DYS-
  1. BEFORE, IN FRONT OF, FORWARD
  2. HALF
  3. within, in, inside
  4. BAD, DIFFICULT, PAINFUL
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                 is an abnormally rapid rate of deep respiration that is usually associated with anxiety.
  1. Hyperpnea
  2. Hyperventilation
  3. Hypopnea
  4. Tachypnea
College Medical Terms
-stenosis
  1. abnormal hardening
  2. abnormal enlargment
  3. abnormal shrinking
  4. abnormal narrowing
College Medical Terms
What is the sudden blockage of a pulmonary artery by a foreign matter?
  1. Pulmonary Edema
  2. Pulmonary Embolism
  3. Tuberculosis
  4. Pulmonary Atelectasis
College Medical Terms
HYPO-
  1. EXCESSIVE, INCREASED
  2. DEFICIENT, DECREASED
  3. SLOW
  4. BEFORE, IN FRONT OF, FORWARD
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