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Medical language includes terms built Greek and Latin
from which of the following
languages?
A medical term formed from the first an acronym
letters of the words in a phrase, which
can be spoken as a whole word and
usually contains a vowel, such as laser,
is
A term named for a person or a place, an eponym
such as Alzheimer disease named for
the physician who first described the
symptoms as seen in a patient, is
The word part that contains the wood root
fundamental meaning of the word is
the
The word part that is attached to the prefix
beginning of a word root to modify its
meaning is the
The word part that is attached to the suffix
end of a word root to modify its
meaning is the
All medical terms have at least one word root
,A combining form is made up of a word root and a combining vowel
A combining vowel is used to ease word pronunciation
The most common combining vowel is o
In the term athr/itis, itis is the suffix
In the term sub/hepat/ic, which part is sub
the prefix
In the term oste/o/arthr/o/pathy, pathy
which part is the suffix?
The o in arthr/o/pathy is the combining vowel
When defining a medical term, one suffix
usually begins the definition with the
Arthr- Joint
-itis Inflammation
intra- within
hepat- liver
-ic pertaining to
sub- under, below
ven- vein
-ous pertaining to
oste- bone
, -pathy disease
-megaly enlargement
Pertaining to the liver hepat/ic
Disease of the bone oste/o/pathy
Pertaining to within the vein intra/ven/ous
pertaining to below the liver sub/hepat/ic
Disease of a joint arthr/o/pathy
Inflammation of a joint arthr/itis
Enlargement of the liver hepat/o/megaly
Inflammation of the liver hepat/itis
Hepat/o/megaly Enlargement of the liver
Intra/ven/ous Pertaining to within the vein
Sub/hepat/ic Pertaining to below the liver
Arthr/itis Inflammation of a joint
Arthr/o/pathy Disease of a joint
Oste/o/pathy Disease of the bone
Hepat/itis Inflammation of the liver
Hepat/ic Pertaining to the liver
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Terms in this set (311)
Medical language includes terms built Greek and Latin
from which of the following
languages?
A medical term formed from the first an acronym
letters of the words in a phrase, which
can be spoken as a whole word and
usually contains a vowel, such as laser,
is
A term named for a person or a place, an eponym
such as Alzheimer disease named for
the physician who first described the
symptoms as seen in a patient, is
The word part that contains the wood root
fundamental meaning of the word is
the
The word part that is attached to the prefix
beginning of a word root to modify its
meaning is the
The word part that is attached to the suffix
end of a word root to modify its
meaning is the
All medical terms have at least one word root
,A combining form is made up of a word root and a combining vowel
A combining vowel is used to ease word pronunciation
The most common combining vowel is o
In the term athr/itis, itis is the suffix
In the term sub/hepat/ic, which part is sub
the prefix
In the term oste/o/arthr/o/pathy, pathy
which part is the suffix?
The o in arthr/o/pathy is the combining vowel
When defining a medical term, one suffix
usually begins the definition with the
Arthr- Joint
-itis Inflammation
intra- within
hepat- liver
-ic pertaining to
sub- under, below
ven- vein
-ous pertaining to
oste- bone
, -pathy disease
-megaly enlargement
Pertaining to the liver hepat/ic
Disease of the bone oste/o/pathy
Pertaining to within the vein intra/ven/ous
pertaining to below the liver sub/hepat/ic
Disease of a joint arthr/o/pathy
Inflammation of a joint arthr/itis
Enlargement of the liver hepat/o/megaly
Inflammation of the liver hepat/itis
Hepat/o/megaly Enlargement of the liver
Intra/ven/ous Pertaining to within the vein
Sub/hepat/ic Pertaining to below the liver
Arthr/itis Inflammation of a joint
Arthr/o/pathy Disease of a joint
Oste/o/pathy Disease of the bone
Hepat/itis Inflammation of the liver
Hepat/ic Pertaining to the liver
