Medical Terminology Demystified - A Self-Teaching Guide

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CHAPTER 3

Infectious Diseases

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Answers for Chapter 3 Summary Tables FOR SUMMARY TABLE 3.2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

“condition of being an organ” “pertaining to study of life” “referring to examining (something) large” “relating to examining (something) tiny” “the process of examining (something) tiny” “one who specializes in examining (something) tiny” “pertaining to one little cell” “condition of being a tiny organ” “one who specializes in studying little staffs”

FOR SUMMARY TABLE 3.3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

“pertaining to producing disease” “referring to many little cells” “relating to not producing disease” “thread-shaped” “abnormal condition of hookworm”

Answers to Probe of Case History (A) An infection, because Histoplasma consists of yeast-like single cells that are microscopic. (B) The vector was probably the starlings.


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