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1. Medicalglanguagegincludesgtermsgbuiltgfromgwhichgofgthegfollowingglanguages?
a. GermangandgRussian
b. ItaliangandgFrench
c. GreekgandgLatin
d. ChinesegandgJapanese
ANS:g C REF:g g 3 OBJ:g 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 g 2
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguage
3. Agtermgnamedgforgagpersongorgagplace,gsuchgasgAlzheimergdiseasegnamedgforgthegphysiciangwh
ogfirstgdescribedgthegsymptomsgasgseengingagpatient,gis
a. angacronym. NURSINGTB.COM
b. builtgfromgthegEnglishglanguage.
c. angeponym.
d. modernglanguage.
ANS:g C REF:g g 4 OBJ:g 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. makegdefininggagwordgeasNier. IgGgB.CgM
R
UgSgNgT 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 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 g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
2. ANS:g E REF:g g 4 OBJ:g g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
3. ANS:g D REF:g g 4 OBJ:g g 2g|g3
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TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
4. ANS:g A REF:g g 5 OBJ:g g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
5. ANS:g C REF:g g 4 OBJ:g g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
6. ANS:g B REF:g g 5 OBJ:g g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
WORDgROOTSgSUFFIXESgPREFIXES
arthgjoint
-
itisginflammationg
intra-
gwithinghepatglive
r-
-
icgpertaininggtogs
ub-
gunder,gbelowgven
gven
-
ousgpertaininggtog
oste
Using gbone
gthegwordgpartsgingthegabovegbox,gselectgthegcorrectgdefinitiongofgthegfollowinggmedical
-pathy
g terms.gdisease
- arthr/itis
a.
b. arthr/o/pathy
megaly genlargementgC
OMBINING
c. gVOWEL
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o intra/ven/ous
d.
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:g g 5
TOP:g AnalyzegandgDefinegMedicalgTerms
8. ANS:g G REF:g g 12 OBJ:g g 5
TOP:g AnalyzegandgDefinegMedicalgTerms
9. ANS:g D REF:g g 12 OBJ:g g 5
TOP:g AnalyzegandgDefinegMedicalgTerms
10. ANS:g H REF:g g 12 OBJ:g g 5
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r:gExploringgMedicalgLanguage,g10thgEdition
MULTIPLEgCHOICE
1. Medicalglanguagegincludesgtermsgbuiltgfromgwhichgofgthegfollowingglanguages?
a. GermangandgRussian
b. ItaliangandgFrench
c. GreekgandgLatin
d. ChinesegandgJapanese
ANS:g C REF:g g 3 OBJ:g 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 g 2
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguage
3. Agtermgnamedgforgagpersongorgagplace,gsuchgasgAlzheimergdiseasegnamedgforgthegphysiciangwh
ogfirstgdescribedgthegsymptomsgasgseengingagpatient,gis
a. angacronym. NURSINGTB.COM
b. builtgfromgthegEnglishglanguage.
c. angeponym.
d. modernglanguage.
ANS:g C REF:g g 4 OBJ:g 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. makegdefininggagwordgeasNier. IgGgB.CgM
R
UgSgNgT 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 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 g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
2. ANS:g E REF:g g 4 OBJ:g g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
3. ANS:g D REF:g g 4 OBJ:g g 2g|g3
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TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
4. ANS:g A REF:g g 5 OBJ:g g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
5. ANS:g C REF:g g 4 OBJ:g g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
6. ANS:g B REF:g g 5 OBJ:g g 2g|g3
TOP:g OriginsgofgMedicalgLanguagegandgCategoriesgofgMedicalgTerms
WORDgROOTSgSUFFIXESgPREFIXES
arthgjoint
-
itisginflammationg
intra-
gwithinghepatglive
r-
-
icgpertaininggtogs
ub-
gunder,gbelowgven
gven
-
ousgpertaininggtog
oste
Using gbone
gthegwordgpartsgingthegabovegbox,gselectgthegcorrectgdefinitiongofgthegfollowinggmedical
-pathy
g terms.gdisease
- arthr/itis
a.
b. arthr/o/pathy
megaly genlargementgC
OMBINING
c. gVOWEL
hepat/o/megaly NURSINGTB.COM
o intra/ven/ous
d.
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:g g 5
TOP:g AnalyzegandgDefinegMedicalgTerms
8. ANS:g G REF:g g 12 OBJ:g g 5
TOP:g AnalyzegandgDefinegMedicalgTerms
9. ANS:g D REF:g g 12 OBJ:g g 5
TOP:g AnalyzegandgDefinegMedicalgTerms
10. ANS:g H REF:g g 12 OBJ:g g 5
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