Roots & Combining Form
This is the most commonly used combining vowel in medical terminology.
What is "O"?
trans- has this meaning.
What is across?
-logy has this meaning.
What is study of?
A medical term based on someone's name is called this.
What is an eponym?
Healthcare workers use the abbreviation for gastrointestinal.
What is GI?
The combining form "hydr/o" has this meaning.
What is water?
inter- describes this relationship between two structures.
What is between?
-edema indicates this condition.
What is swelling?
Accordingd to your textbook, choose the preferred modern form:
Alzheimer's disease OR Alzheimer disease?
Alzheimer disease?
A patient's chart says NPO. What instruction does this communicate?
What is nothing by mouth?
The combining form "aden/o" refers to this type of body structure.
What is gland?
This prefix means abnormal, painful, or difficult.
What is dys-?
-pathy has this meaning.
What is disease?
Give the correct plural of diagnosis.
What is diagnoses?
The char describes a patient is amb. What does that tell you about the patient?
What is ambulatory?
Break down pulmonology using its word parts and give its meaning.
_____________ = ______________
_____________ = _______________
Full meaning = _________________________
What is:
pulmon/o = lung +
-logy = study of
study of the lungs
In supra pelvic, this prefix tell you the location is above the pelvis?
What is supra-?
This suffix means the process of recording.
What is -graphy?
Give the correct plural or larynx.
What is larygnes?
A blood clot forms inside a blood vessel. This condition is called _______________.
When interpreting a medical term made of several word parts, you generally begin with this part and work backward.
What is the suffix/right side of the term?
A patient has hypothyroidism. Based on the prefix, is the thyroid producing an excessive or insufficient amount of thyroid hormone?
What is insufficient thyroid hormone?
A physician performs a surgical repair of a patient's nose. Give the complete medical term.
What is rhinoplasty?
Apply the Chapter 1 pronunciation rule: When the letter c appears before a, o, or u, it is generally pronounced like this letter.
What is k?
Rather than simply memorizing a medical term, healthcare workers can determine its meaning by identifying and interpreting these building blocks.
What are word parts - roots/combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes?