POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

Office of the Vice President for Branches and Satellite Campuses

LOPEZ, QUEZON BRANCH

Office Administration Department

OAMT 40033 MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION-

HEALTHCARE INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION

ACTIVITY SHEET NO.3

Building Your Medical Vocabulary

Name: ARDEVELA, Godfred A. Date:November 12, 2021

Course and Year: BSOA 4 Module No.2

Chapter 2

Directions: (Part I) Match the examination methods and documentation terms from Column 2

with the appropriate meaning in Column 1.

Column 1 Column 2

e 1. No lymph gland enlargement was felt. a. assessment/diagnosis

g 2. Rest, fluid, Tylenol for comfort. (chart note) b. auscultation

h 3. Patient complains of breathing difficulty. c. objective

(chart note)

d 4. Noted rash across trunk d. observation

b 5. No heart murmur was heard e. palpation

c 6. Lungs are clear with good air entry. (chart note) f. percussion

f 7. Tapping of abdomen produces a dull sound. g. plan/treatment

a 8. Upper respiratory tract infection. (chart note) h. subjective

Directions: (Part 2) Match the general term from Column 2 with the appropriate definition in

Column 1.

Column 1 Column 2

k 1. Group of symptoms a. ambulates

h 2. Sudden change in patient’s condition b. benign

l 3. Any injury c. chronic

g 4. Feeling of having to vomit d. Congenital

d 5. Condition present at birth e. crisis

f. diaphoresis

c 6. Long illness with slow progress g. nausea

j 7. Contaminated h. paroxysms

i 8. Temporary diagnosis I. provisional

f 9. Perspiring j. septic

e 10. Spasms k. syndrome

b 11. Nonmalignant tumor l. trauma

a 12. Walking around

 POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Office of the Vice President for Branches and Satellite Campuses
LOPEZ, QUEZON BRANCH
Office Administration Department

OAMT 40033 MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION-

HEALTHCARE INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION

ACTIVITY SHEET NO.3

Building Your Medical Vocabulary

Name: ARDEVELA, Godfred A. Date: November 12, 2021

Course and Year: BSOA 4 Module No.2

Chapter 2

Directions: Match each prefix or suffix from Column 2 with its definition in Column 1.

Column 1 Column 2

g 1. abnormal or painful a. -algia

bb 2. across (from one to another) b. ante

v 3. after c. anti

c 4. against (bacteria) d. bi

b 5. before e.-cele

i 6. blood condition f. -centesis

s 7. condition g. dys

dd 8. development or nourishment h. -ectomy

t 9. disease i. -emia

o 10. dissolve; break up (material) j. ex

p 11. enlargement k. hyper

y 12. examine visually l. hypo

h 13. excision or removal m. intra

w 14. hemorrhage n. -itis

aa 15. incision into o. -lysis

n 16. inflammation p. -megaly

k 17. larger than normal q. -oma

l 18. less than normal r. -opia

j 19. outside (forces) s. -osis

a 20. pain t. -pathy

z 21. permanent new opening u. -plasty

r 22. pertaining to vision v. post

e 23. protrusion w. -rrhagia

u 24. reconstruction x. -rrhaphy

cc 25. surgical crushing y. -scopy

f 26. surgical puncture z. -stomy

x 27. Suture aa. -tomy

q 28. tumor bb. trans

d 29. twice cc. -tripsy

m 30. within (muscle) dd. -trophy