Med Terminolgy Chapter 1

Question 1

is knowing what words mean and forecasting the effects their combinations will produce. This is a two-part definition.

Answer 1

Language Sense

Question 2

is simply a root that includes one or more vowels tacked onto the end of it to make a root–suffix combination pronounceable, as in the wordpsychology.

Answer 2

combining form

Question 3

Nearly every medical term contains one or moreroots

It may also contain only one prefixesand one more suffixes.

Answer 3

This is False! Because….Nearly every medical term contains one or moreroots
It may also contain one or moreprefixesand one or moresuffixes.

Question 4

or word origin, is usually given along with its definition.

Answer 4

etymology

Question 5

The foundation of medical terminology is rooted in which of four basic word parts:……………

Answer 5

prefixes, roots,suffixes, andcombining forms.

Question 6

What is the purpose of learning medical terminology?

Answer 6

allows us to specifically identify places in the body and even what type of cut it is with words

Question 7

There is a table 1 in the textbook of chapter 1…..

Answer 7

Be sure to study those! Please along with which is prefix… root. and suffix .

Question 8

What do these mean ?

-algia

•-logy

itis

Answer 8

pain
study of

•-itis = inflammation

Question 9

neuralgia =

• neurology =
• neuritis =

Answer 9

neuralgia = pain in a nerve

• neurology = the study of the nervous system; also the specialty dealing with diagnosis and treatment of nervous system disorders
• neuritis = inflammation of a nerve

Question 10

What is the prefix, root, and suffix of this following word?

intracranial

Answer 10

Prefix- Intra
root- crani
suffix- al

Question 11

dynia means…

Answer 11

pain

Question 12

Iatr/o is a root that means….., and gen/o (from a Greek word gennao, meaning the ……

Answer 12

physician, and gen/o (from a Greek word gennao, meaning the production of something) refers to origin or cause.

Question 13

iatr means

Answer 13

physcician

Question 14

suffix ist and ican mean

Answer 14

practioner

Question 15

suffixes y and ics means

Answer 15

practice

Question 16

Please tell me what thesee mean?

arthr/o
card/i/o
derm/o/ato
gen/o
ger/o/onto
hem/a/ato
iatr/o
muscul/o
natal
neur/o
os/teo
path/o
ped/ia
phren/o
psych/o
skelet/o
tend/o, ten/o

Answer 16

joint
heart
skin
orgin cause formation
old age
blood
physician
muscle 
birth; born
nerve
bone
disease 
child 
diaphragm, mind
mind 
skelton
tendon

Question 17

What do these prefixies mean?

epi

Answer 17

upon, following, or subsequent to

Question 18

What do these prefixes mean?

micro

Answer 18

small

Question 19

what do these prefixes mean?
peri
post
pre

Answer 19

around
after
before

Question 20

What do these following suffixes mean?
Suffix

Meaning

-al
algia
dynia
gen, -genesisa
ic
itis
logy
pathy
scope

Answer 20

adjective suffix
pain
pain
orgin cause formation
adjective suffix denoating of 
inflammation 
stufy of 
disease 
viewing and instumrent used for viewing

Question 21

The suffix logy is dervided from the greek word … .. which means /…

Answer 21

logos; pain