Exam 1: Introduction to Word Parts and Word Construction

In the term cardiology, the combining form is cardi/a and the suffix is -logy.

"Study of the skin" is the definition of which of the following medical terms?

An acronym is a two- or three-letter abbreviation for a word.

Some medical terms are derived from the names of people. Such medical terms are called:

Choose the suffix that means "surgical repair."

In the constructed term hem/o/philia, the combining form is ________.

Match the combining form with the correct definition. -cardi/o

Identify the suffix in the term hepatitis.

The definition of cardiology is "the study of the heart."

You are building a medical term using the root neur. Which of the following suffixes would require the use of a combining vowel?

The combining form psych/o means " ________."

In the constructed term micro/scope, the suffix is ________.

In the constructed term electr/o/cardi/o/gram, the suffix is ________.

Because medical terminology is the universal language of medicine, its terms must be understood by speakers of many languages in many parts of the world, especially in our age of globalization.

Which of the following medical terms is spelled correctly?

Which of the following two languages have the most impact on the formation and meanings of medical terms?

In the constructed term hyster/ectomy, the suffix is ________.

Choose the suffix that means "surgical excision (removal)."

Identify the suffix in the term antibiotic.

In the medical term laryngectomy, what is the word root?