Part I Vocabulary (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. Theyre 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

　　26. Gene therapy is a technique for correcting defective genes responsible for disease development.

　　For example, an abnormal gene could be swapped for a normal gene through __________ recombination.

　　A)hematopoietic B) heterogeneous C) homologous D) hormonal