Exam 1: Introduction to Medical Terminology

Which combining form means to cut?

A prefix that means across is ________.

A surgeon reports the details of a surgery in a(n):

The combining form that means heart is ________.

Which combining form means skin?

A suffix that means study of is ________.

A prefix that means after is ________.

A Pathologist's Report gives the results of the examination of tissue removed from a patient.

A History and Physical is written each time a specialist evaluates a patient.

List and describe the four word parts used to build medical terms.

A suffix that means drooping is ________.

The combining form that means ear is ________.

Which prefix means before?

The combining form hemat/o means blood.

The combining form that means life is ________.

The combining form that means female is ________.

The suffixes -rrhea and -rrhexis have the same meaning.

A prefix that means painful or difficult is ________.

A prefix that means within or inner is ________.

Which prefix means small?