Latin & Greek in Medicine Quiz
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A ________ allows a doctor to look inside the body during a procedure.
A. periscope
B. telescope
C. microscope
D. endoscope
Someone with neuralgia has pain in their __________.
A. Mind
B. Nerves
C. Muscle
D. Tongue
“Therapy” means ____.
A. weakness
B. healing
C. strength
D. medicine
Encephalitis is a very serious condition, meaning inflammation of the ______.
A. skin
B. brain
C. heart
D. feet
What does the suffix ‘itis’ mean in words like tonsillitis, dermatitis, appendicitis?
A. Healing
B. Cutting out
C. Inflammation
D. Study of
hemo: If someone suffers a hemorrhage it means they have excessive _____.
A. pain
B. inflammation
C. rash
D. bleeding
“ology” means ____.
A. the study of
B. the belief in
C. pain
D. healing
Myalgia is pain in the _____.
A. muscles
B. head
C. mouth
D. nerves
The perimeter of a person’s yard is _____.
A. the distance around the outside edge
B. the amount of space within their yard
C. the length of the yard from front to back
D. the slope of their yard
If someone has hypothermia, it means their body temperature is ______ normal.
A. Above
B. Below
C. Around
D. Inside
Lingua means ____.
A. teeth
B. lips
C. tongue
D. finger
A doctor who specializes in treating cancer is called an _____.
A. paleontologist
B. cardiologist
C. oncologist
D. pulmonologist
If the doctor says you need a tonsillectomy, what is she going to do to the tonsils?
A. treat them with medicine
B. look at them closely with a special scope
C. remove them (cut them out)
A person would see a cardiologist if they had problems with their _____.
A. Skin
B. Brain
C. Heart
D. Blood
A psychologist is someone who studies the ________.
A. blood
B. earth
C. mind
D. skin
Anesthesia is used in surgery so that the patient has ______.
A. an absence of feeling
B. a germ free environment
C. minimal bleeding
“Cardio” exercise is called that because _____.
A. you sweat
B. your muscles get stronger
C. your heartrate goes up
D. you stretch your muscles
A ______ treats problems with the skin such as acne, skin cancer, and rashes.
A. cardiologist
B. optometrist
C. neurologist
D. dermatologist
What does the prefix ‘ortho’ mean?
A. Straight, correct
B. Under
C. Inside
D. Around
What does the prefix “sub” mean?
A. above
B. under
C. around
D. absence of
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