CSCC MULT 1110 EXAM ONE CHAPTER 1-9 WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE.

CSCC MULT 1110 EXAM ONE CHAPTER
1-9 WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025 UPDATE.
What is the foundation of most medical terms and what does it frequently refer to?

 Word Root



What is found at the end of a medical term and provides information on conditions,
diseases, surgical procedures, and diagnostic procedures?

 Suffix
 ALL MEDICAL TERMS MUST CONTAIN A SUFFIX!!



What is found at the beginning of a medical term and often indicates abnormal conditions,
numbers, positions, and times?

 Prefix



What is used to connect word parts and make medical terms easier to spell and pronounce?

 Combining Vowel
 Not used between a prefix and a word root if the suffix begins with a vowel. Always
use between two word roots.



What does -algia refer to?

 Pain



What does -asthenia refer to?

 Weakness

,What does -cele refer to?

 Hernia, protrusion



What does -dynia refer to?

 Pain



What does -cytosis refer to?

 Abnormal cell condition (too many)



What does ectasis refer to?

 Dilated, stretched out



What does -edema refer to?

 Swelling



What does -emesis refer to?

 Vomiting



What does -emia refer to?

 Condition of the blood



What does -ia refer to?

,  State, condition



What does -iasis refer to?

 Abnormal condition



What does -ism refer to?

 State of, condition



What does -itis refer to?

 Inflammation



What does -lith refer to?

 Stone



What does -lysis refer to?

 Destruction



What does -lytic refer to?

 Destruction



What does -malacia refer to?

 Abnormal softening

, What does -megaly refer to?

 Enlargement



What does -oma refer to?

 Tumor, mass



What does -osis refer to?

 Abnormal condition



What does -pathy refer to?

 Disease



What does -penia refer to?

 Too few



What does -phobia refer to?

 Fear



What does -plegia refer to?

 Paralysis



What does -ptosis refer to?

 Drooping