WORD PARTS MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

WORD PARTS MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

◉ Examples of constructed terms: Pathology.
Answer: (path/o-disease) +
(-logy-study of)= the study of disease


◉ Examples of constructed terms: tonsillectomy.
Answer: (tonsill/o-tonsil) +
(-ectomy- surgical excision, removal)= surgical removal of the tonsils


◉ Examples of constructed terms: neonatologist.
Answer: (neo-new) + (nat/o-birth) + (-logist-one who studies) =
physician who specializes in newborns


◉ Nonconstructed terms.
Answer: terms that are not formed from individual word parts
-include eponyms, terms derived from other languages, acronyms,
and abbreviations
-must be memorized

, ◉ Examples of non constructed terms: Impetigo.
Answer: a contagious skin infection characterized by the
transformation of vesicles into a yellowish crust


◉ Examples of non constructed terms: coma.
Answer: a general term describing several levels of abnormally
decreased consciousness


◉ examples of non constructed terms: Cushing syndrome.
Answer: a syndrome caused by excessive secretion of the hormone
cortisol


◉ 3 types of word parts.
Answer: -prefix
-word root
-suffix


◉ Prefix.
Answer: word part that is affixed to the beginning of a word


◉ Word root.
Answer: a word part that provides the primary meaning of the term