Which term describes the screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place for treatment?
triage
Which term is a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder?
prognosis
Which combining form means pus?
PY/O
Which term describes evidence of disease that can be observed only by the patient?
symptom
Which term refers to the time and events after birth?
postnatal
Which term means abnormal enlargement of the heart?
cardiomegaly
Which suffix means the process of recording a picture?
-GRAPHY
Which combining form means plaque or fatty substance?
ATHER/O
Which suffix means pain or suffering?
-ALGIA
Which procedure is the surgical repair of a muscle?
myoplasty
Which term describes a torn, ragged wound?
laceration
Which suffix means abnormal enlargement?
-MEGALY
Which prefix means deficient, decreased?
HYPO-
In the term gastroenteritis which word root requires a combining vowel?
GASTR/O
Which term means a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder?
prognosis
Which condition is characterized by redness, heat, swelling, and pain?
inflammation
Which of these suffixes requires the use of a combining vowel?
-RRHEA
Which term describes a disease or procedure named for the person who first discovered it?
eponym
Which suffix means abnormal enlargement?
-MEGALY
Which term describes the screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place for treatment?
triage