Module 1 Exam Flashcards
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Most medical terms in current use are ___
Composed of Greek and Latin Word Parts
A Medical term that is an acronym is ___
Formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase, which can be spoken as a whole word and usually contains a vowel
A medical term derived from the name of a person is __
An Eponym
Medical Term Subhepatic is ____
Composed of Greek and Latin word parts
Which of the following is a technology-based medical term?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical term AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is an example of ____
An acronym
Most medical terms built from word parts contain one or more ___
Word Roots
A prefix is a word part that ___
Attaches to the beginning of a word
The word part that is the core of the word is a ___
Word Root
A word root with the combining vowel attached and separated by a forward slash is a(n) ____
Combining form
When analyzing a medical term built from word parts, the combing vowel would be labeled as ___
CV
In the medical term Hepatitis, the word part hepat is a ___
Word Root
In the medical term intravenous, the word part Intra- is a ___
Prefix
In the medical term arthritis, the word part -itis is a ___
Suffix
In the medical term arthropathy, the word part Arthr/o is a __
Combining form
In the medical term Hematology, the combining vowel is __
O
If vowels are present at the junction of two word roots (such as oste and arthr) in a medical term, a combining vowel is usually ___
Still used
The most common combining vowel is an ___
O
The word part sub- means
Under
The word part that completes the medical term meaning inflammation of the bone and joints
____/o/arthr/itis
Oste
The word part that completes the medical term meaning inflammation of the liver
___/itis
Hepat
The medical term arthritis means inflammation of ___
A joint
Suffix, Prefix, Word Root?
1. -ic
2. Sub-
3. Hepat
- Suffix
- Prefix
- Root
