KINN'S MEDICAL ASSISTING
FUNDAMENTALS CHAPTER 1 MED.
TERMINOLOGY EXAM
decodable terms - Correct Answers -Terms that can be broken into their Greek and
Latin word parts and given a working definition based on the meanings of those word
parts
combining form - Correct Answers -combination of the root and the combining vowel
combining vowel - Correct Answers -vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or
the root to another root, but can be "a","e","i", or "u",
nondecodable terms - Correct Answers -words used in medicine whose definitions must
be memorized without the benefit of word parts
diagnosis is a decodable or nondecodable word ? - Correct Answers -nondecodable
arthr/o - Correct Answers -joint
stomach (combining form) - Correct Answers -gastr/o
Eye (combining form) - Correct Answers -opthalm/o
ot/o - Correct Answers -ear
rhin/o - Correct Answers -nose
hepat/o - Correct Answers -liver
pain (suffix) - Correct Answers --algia
-tomy - Correct Answers -incision
instrument to view (suffix) - Correct Answers -scope
-logy - Correct Answers -study of
, surgical repair (suffix) - Correct Answers –plasty
coron/o - Correct Answers -coronary, crown, heart
lipid/o - Correct Answers -fat
-malacia - Correct Answers -softening
chondr/o - Correct Answers -cartilage
inflammation (suffix) - Correct Answers --itis
optometrist - Correct Answers -one who measures vision
rhinoplasty - Correct Answers -surgical repair of the nose
Hepatitis - Correct Answers -inflammation of the liver
otology - Correct Answers -study of the ear
arthralgia - Correct Answers -joint pain
arthritis - Correct Answers -inflammation of a joint
-algia (suffix) - Correct Answers -pain
herniation (suffix) - Correct Answers --cele
-dynia - Correct Answers -pain
-emia - Correct Answers -blood condition
-ia - Correct Answers -condition
pertaining to (suffix) - Correct Answers --ac -al -ary -ic -tic
-an -ar -eal -ical -ial
-ine -ior -ory -ous
-y - Correct Answers -process of, condition
small, tiny (suffix) - Correct Answers --ule, -ole, -icle
-um - Correct Answers -structure, thing, membrane
-is - Correct Answers -structure, thing
FUNDAMENTALS CHAPTER 1 MED.
TERMINOLOGY EXAM
decodable terms - Correct Answers -Terms that can be broken into their Greek and
Latin word parts and given a working definition based on the meanings of those word
parts
combining form - Correct Answers -combination of the root and the combining vowel
combining vowel - Correct Answers -vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or
the root to another root, but can be "a","e","i", or "u",
nondecodable terms - Correct Answers -words used in medicine whose definitions must
be memorized without the benefit of word parts
diagnosis is a decodable or nondecodable word ? - Correct Answers -nondecodable
arthr/o - Correct Answers -joint
stomach (combining form) - Correct Answers -gastr/o
Eye (combining form) - Correct Answers -opthalm/o
ot/o - Correct Answers -ear
rhin/o - Correct Answers -nose
hepat/o - Correct Answers -liver
pain (suffix) - Correct Answers --algia
-tomy - Correct Answers -incision
instrument to view (suffix) - Correct Answers -scope
-logy - Correct Answers -study of
, surgical repair (suffix) - Correct Answers –plasty
coron/o - Correct Answers -coronary, crown, heart
lipid/o - Correct Answers -fat
-malacia - Correct Answers -softening
chondr/o - Correct Answers -cartilage
inflammation (suffix) - Correct Answers --itis
optometrist - Correct Answers -one who measures vision
rhinoplasty - Correct Answers -surgical repair of the nose
Hepatitis - Correct Answers -inflammation of the liver
otology - Correct Answers -study of the ear
arthralgia - Correct Answers -joint pain
arthritis - Correct Answers -inflammation of a joint
-algia (suffix) - Correct Answers -pain
herniation (suffix) - Correct Answers --cele
-dynia - Correct Answers -pain
-emia - Correct Answers -blood condition
-ia - Correct Answers -condition
pertaining to (suffix) - Correct Answers --ac -al -ary -ic -tic
-an -ar -eal -ical -ial
-ine -ior -ory -ous
-y - Correct Answers -process of, condition
small, tiny (suffix) - Correct Answers --ule, -ole, -icle
-um - Correct Answers -structure, thing, membrane
-is - Correct Answers -structure, thing
