An elderly patient presents to the Emergency Department with an ...

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An elderly patient presents to the Emergency Department with an extremely high fever. The doctor is concerned the patient might have a systemwide disease caused by bacteria in the circulating blood. This condition is called:
 
  A) lymphoma
  B) splenomegaly
  C) anemia
  D) septicemia

Question 2

A colonoscopy is:
 
  A) an incision into the colon
  B) making an artificial opening into the colon
  C) an X-ray of the colon
  D) a visual exam of the colon with an instrument

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Answer to Question 1

D
Explanation: A high fever indicates that the body is fighting off an infection that has spread to the blood. The constructed term is sept, the root for sepsis in Greek, meaning putrefying; -ic, condition; and -emia, blood. The other terms can be eliminated by deconstructing them: lymph/oma, lymphatic tumor; splen/o/megaly, enlargement of the spleen; and an/emia, without blood.

Answer to Question 2

D
Explanation: Colon/o is the combining form for colon, and -scopy is the suffix meaning process of viewing.