Exploring Medical Language 10th Edition Test Bank – Brooks – 2025/2026

Chapterg01:gIntroductiongtogMedicalgLanguagegandgEvolvegStudentgResourcesgLaFleu
r:gExploringgMedicalgLanguage,g10thgEdition


MULTIPLEgCHOICE

1. Medicalglanguagegincludesgtermsgbuiltgfromgwhichgofgthegfollowingglanguages?
a. GermangandgRussian
b. ItaliangandgFrench
c. GreekgandgLatin
d. ChinesegandgJapanese
ANS:g C REF:g g 3 OBJ:g 2
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguage

2. Agmedicalgtermgformedgfromgthegfirstglettersgofgthegwordsgingagphrase,gwhichgcangbegspokeng
asgagwholegwordgandgusuallygcontainsgagvowel,gsuchgasglaser,gis
a. angeponym.
b. modernglanguage.
c. builtgfromgthegEnglishglanguage.
d. angacronym.
ANS:g D REF:g g 4 OBJ:g 2
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguage

3. Agtermgnamedgforgagpersongorgagplace,gsuchgasgAlzheimergdiseasegnamedgforgthegphysiciangw
hogfirstgdescribedgthegsymptomsgasgseengingagpatient,gis
a. angacronym. NURSINGTB.COM
b. builtgfromgthegEnglishglanguage.
c. angeponym.
d. modernglanguage.

ANS:g C REF:g g 4 OBJ:g 2
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguage

4. Thegwordgpartgthatgcontainsgthegfundamentalgmeaninggofgthegwordgisgthe
a. prefix.
b. wordgroot.
c. suffix.
d. combininggvowel.

ANS:g B REF:g g 6 OBJ:g g 4 TOP:g WordgParts

5. Thegwordgpartgthatgisgattachedgtogthegbeginninggofgagwordgrootgtogmodifygitsgmeaninggisgthe
a. wordgroot.
b. suffix.
c. prefix.
d. combininggvowel.

ANS:g C REF:g g 7 OBJ:g g 4 TOP:g WordgParts

6. Thegwordgpartgthatgisgattachedgtogthegendgofgagwordgrootgtogmodifygitsgmeaninggisgthe




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, a. combininggvowel.
b. suffix.
c. wordgroot.
d. prefix.
ANS:g B REF:g g 7 OBJ:g g 4 TOP:g WordgParts

7. Allgmedicalgtermsghavegatgleastgone
a. prefix.
b. combininggvowel.
c. suffix.
d. wordgroot.

ANS:g D REF:g g 6 OBJ:g g 4 TOP:g WordgParts

8. Agcombininggformgisgmadegupgofga
a. wordgrootgandgagcombininggvowel.
b. prefixgandgagcombininggvowel.
c. combininggvowelgandgagsuffix.
d. prefixgandgagwordgroot.

ANS:g A REF:g g 9 OBJ:g g 4 TOP:g WordgParts

9. Agcombininggvowelgisgusedgto
a. easegwordgpronunciation.
b. modifygthegmeaninggofgagword.
c. makeganalyzinggagwordgeasier.
d. makegdefininggagwordgeasier.
NgU IgGgB.CgM
RgSgN gT O
ANS:g A REF:g g 8 OBJ:g g 4 TOP:g WordgParts

10. Thegmostgcommongcombininggvowelgis
a. a.
b. i.
c. e.
d. o.

ANS:g D REF:g g 8 OBJ:g g 4 TOP:g WordgParts

11. Ingthegtermgarthr/itis,gitisgisgthe
a. wordgroot.
b. prefix.
c. combininggvowel.
d. suffix.

ANS:g D REF:g g 7 OBJ:g g 4 TOP:g WordgParts

12. Ingthegtermgsub/hepat/ic,gwhichgpartgisgthegprefix?
a. ic
b. sub
c. hepat
d. hepat/o




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, ANS:g B REF:g g 7 OBJ:g g 4 TOP:g WordgParts

13. Ingthegtermgoste/o/arthr/o/pathy,gwhichgpartgisgthegsuffix?
a. thegsecondgo
b. oste
c. arthr
d. pathy

ANS:g D REF:g g 8 OBJ:g g 4 TOP:g WordgParts

14. Thegogingarthr/o/pathygisgthe
a. combininggvowel.
b. prefix.
c. wordgroot.
d. suffix.

ANS:g A REF:g g 8 OBJ:g g 4 TOP:g WordgParts

15. Whengdefininggagmedicalgterm,gonegusuallygbeginsgthegdefinitiongwithgthe
a. wordgroot.
b. prefix.
c. suffix.
d. combininggvowel.
ANS:g C REF:g g 11 OBJ:g 5
TOP:g AnalyzegandgDefinegMedicalgTerms


MATCHING NURSINGTB.COM
Matchgeachgitemgwithgthegcorrectgdescriptiongbelow.
a. Termsgbuiltgfromgwordgparts
b. Termsgnotgbuiltgfromgwordgparts
c. Acronym
d. Modernglanguage
e. Eponym
f. GreekgandgLatin

1. Languagesgusedgingmedicalgterms
2. Namegofgagplacegorgagperson,goftengagphysiciangorgscientist,gusedgtognamegagconditiong
orgtechnique
3. UsegofgEnglishglanguagegtogformgagterm
4. Cangbegtranslatedgliterallygtogfindgtheirgmeaning
5. Thegfirstglettersgofgthegwordsgingagphrasegthatgcangbegspokengasgagwholegwordgandgusual
lygcontainsgagvowel,garegusedgtogformgagmedicalgterm
6. Cannotgbegeasilygtranslatedgliterallygtogfindgtheirgmeaning

1. ANS:g F REF:g g 3 OBJ:g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
2. ANS:g E REF:g g 4 OBJ:g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
3. ANS:g D REF:g g 4 OBJ:g 2g|g3



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, TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
4. ANS:g A REF:g g 5 OBJ:g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
5. ANS:g C REF:g g 4 OBJ:g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
6. ANS:g B REF:g g 5 OBJ:g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms

WORDgROOTSgSUFFIXESgPREFIXES
arthgjoint
-
itisginflammationg
intra-
gwithinghepatglive
r-
-
icgpertaininggtogs
ub-
gunder,gbelowgve
ngven
-
ousgpertaininggtog
ostegbone
Using gthegwordgpartsgingthegabovegbox,gselectgthegcorrectgdefinitiongofgthegfollowinggmedical
terms.gdisease
-pathy
g
a.
- arthr/itis
b. arthr/o/pathy
megaly genlargementgCOMBININ
c. hepat/o/megaly
GgVOWEL NURSINGTB.COM
d.
o intra/ven/ous
e. hepat/itis
f. hepat/ic
g. oste/o/pathy
h. sub/hepat/ic

7. Pertaininggtogthegliver
8. Diseasegofgthegbone
9. Pertaininggtogwithingthegvei
n
10. Pertaininggtogbelowgtheglive
r
11. Diseasegofgagjoint
12. Inflammationgofgagjoint
13. Enlargementgofgthegliver
14. Inflammationgofgthegliver

7. ANS:g F REF:g g 12 OBJ:g5
TOP:g AnalyzegandgDefinegMedicalgTerms
8. ANS:g G REF:g g 12 OBJ:g5
TOP:g AnalyzegandgDefinegMedicalgTerms
9. ANS:g D REF:g g 12 OBJ:g5
TOP:g AnalyzegandgDefinegMedicalgTerms
10. ANS:g H REF:g g 12 OBJ:g5
TOP:g AnalyzegandgDefinegMedicalgTerms
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