临床医学英语.doc

临床医学英语

Part I V ocabulary (30 points)

Section A

Directions: Choose the definition from choices marked A), B),

C) and D) that best matches the stem or affix given in each item.

1. therm/o-

A) temperature B) suture C) fracture D) structure

2. ary

A) contrary to B) related to C) parallel with D) coupled with

3. meno-

A) period B) perineal C) parturient D) plaque

4. lev/o-

A) right B) left C) upper D) lower

5. lenti-

A) molecule B) massage C) slow D) serum

6. scler/o-

A) focus B) strengthen C) intensify D) harden

7. scopy

A) predisposition B) presentation C) circulation D) examination

8. lapar/o-

A) cervix B) abdomen C) pleura D) breech

9. cholecyst/o-

A) bile B) spleen C) pancreas D) gall bladder

10. neo-

A) excessive B) deficient C) new D) few

11. hyster/o-

A) placenta B) uterus C) viscera D) striatum

12. estr/o-

A) felid B) fomite C) forceps D) female

13. ser/o-

A) saturation B) sedation C) serum D) sodium

14. -poietic

A) productive B) conductive C) progressive D) indicative

15. gynec/o-

A) felid B) fomite C) female D) forceps

16. meter

A) infusion B) instrument C) incontinence D) increment

17. -on

A) probe B) plaque C) particle D) pleura

18. chole-

A) bile B) spleen C) pancreas D) gall bladder

19. tele-

A) titer B) thermal C) futile D) far

20. ectomy

A) exception B) excision C) exertion D) examination

Section B

Directions: There are 25 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

21.Cerebral thrombotic strokes often occur at night or first thing in the morning, when blood

pressure is low. They re often preceded by a transient __________ attack, also called a TIA

or mini-stroke.

A) irreversible B) inexorable C) idiopathic D) ischemic

22.Health care workers with__________ exposures to HIV-containing blood, however, are infected fewer than 1 in 300 times.

A) prognostic B) pleuritic C) percutaneous D) proviral

23. A __________ infection is just a fancy way of saying an infection caught while staying in the hospital. These infections can be caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi or other agents.

A) nosocomial B) terminal C) precordial D) intracranial

24. Obesity, diabetes, and hypertension also affect the kidneys. Diabetic __________ develops in about one third of patients with diabetes, and its incidence is sharply increasing in the developing world.

A) neuropathy B) neuralgia C) nephropathy D) nephralgia

25. General __________, administered by inhalation or intravenous injection, cause unconsciousness as well as insensibility to pain, and are used for major surgical procedures.

A) akinesia B) anesthesia C) asphyxia D) anorexia