Language of Medicine Ch.1 Exam
Questions and Answers
Root - Answer- Foundation of the word
Suffix - Answer- Word ending
Combining Vowel - Answer- Usuallly "o"- links the root to the suffix or the root to
another root. a combining vowel has no mean of its own; it joins one word part to
another
Three General Rules - Answer- 1. Read the menaing of medical terms from the
suffix back to the beginning of the term and across
2. Drop the combining vowel (usually o) before a suffix beginning with a vowel:
gastritis, not "gastroitis"
3. Keep the combining vowel between two roots" gastroenology, not
"gastrenterology"
Prefix - Answer- A small part that is attached to the beginning of a term
Important Elements of Medical Terms - Answer- 1. Root: foundation of the term
2. Suffix: word ending
3. Prefix: word beginning
4. Combining vowel: vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to
another root
5. Combining form: combination of the root and the combining vowel
Aden/o - Answer- Gland
Arthr/o - Answer- Joint
Bi/o - Answer- Life
Carcin/o - Answer- Cancerous, Cancer
Cardi/o - Answer- Heart
Cephal/o - Answer- Head
Cerebr/o - Answer- Cerebrum (largest part of the brain
Cis/o - Answer- To cut
, Crin/o - Answer- To secrete (to form and give off)
Cyst/o - Answer- Urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)b
Cyt/o - Answer- Cell
Derm/o - Answer- Skin
Dermat/o - Answer- Skin
Electr/o - Answer- Electricity
Encephal/o - Answer- Brain
Enter/o - Answer- Intestines (usually the small intestine)
Erythr/o - Answer- Red
Gastr/o - Answer- Stomach
Glyc/o - Answer- Sugar
Gnos/o - Answer- Knowledge
Gyenc/o - Answer- Women, female
Hemat/o - Answer- Blood
Hem/o - Answer- Blood
Hepat/o - Answer- Liver
Iatr/o - Answer- Treatment, physician
Leuk/o - Answer- White
Log/o - Answer- Study of
Nephr/o - Answer- Kidney
Neur/o - Answer- Nerve
Onc/o - Answer- Tumor
Questions and Answers
Root - Answer- Foundation of the word
Suffix - Answer- Word ending
Combining Vowel - Answer- Usuallly "o"- links the root to the suffix or the root to
another root. a combining vowel has no mean of its own; it joins one word part to
another
Three General Rules - Answer- 1. Read the menaing of medical terms from the
suffix back to the beginning of the term and across
2. Drop the combining vowel (usually o) before a suffix beginning with a vowel:
gastritis, not "gastroitis"
3. Keep the combining vowel between two roots" gastroenology, not
"gastrenterology"
Prefix - Answer- A small part that is attached to the beginning of a term
Important Elements of Medical Terms - Answer- 1. Root: foundation of the term
2. Suffix: word ending
3. Prefix: word beginning
4. Combining vowel: vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to
another root
5. Combining form: combination of the root and the combining vowel
Aden/o - Answer- Gland
Arthr/o - Answer- Joint
Bi/o - Answer- Life
Carcin/o - Answer- Cancerous, Cancer
Cardi/o - Answer- Heart
Cephal/o - Answer- Head
Cerebr/o - Answer- Cerebrum (largest part of the brain
Cis/o - Answer- To cut
, Crin/o - Answer- To secrete (to form and give off)
Cyst/o - Answer- Urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)b
Cyt/o - Answer- Cell
Derm/o - Answer- Skin
Dermat/o - Answer- Skin
Electr/o - Answer- Electricity
Encephal/o - Answer- Brain
Enter/o - Answer- Intestines (usually the small intestine)
Erythr/o - Answer- Red
Gastr/o - Answer- Stomach
Glyc/o - Answer- Sugar
Gnos/o - Answer- Knowledge
Gyenc/o - Answer- Women, female
Hemat/o - Answer- Blood
Hem/o - Answer- Blood
Hepat/o - Answer- Liver
Iatr/o - Answer- Treatment, physician
Leuk/o - Answer- White
Log/o - Answer- Study of
Nephr/o - Answer- Kidney
Neur/o - Answer- Nerve
Onc/o - Answer- Tumor
