Medical Word Elements
This is created when a word root is combined with a vowel.
What is combining form?
The combining form for immuno/ is
What is immun/o?
Prefixes usually indicate, number, time, position, direction, and _____________.
What is negation?
This suffix means enlargement.
What is -megaly?
A word root links a suffix that begins with a _________
What is a vowel?
When adding an "o", or "i", this is call a
What is a combining vowel?
The combining form for dermat/ is _________
What is dermat/o
This prefix means many __________?
What is poly?
This suffix means tumor.
What is -oma?
A combining form that links one root to another root forms a ______________.
What is a compound word?
This is placed at the end of a word
What are suffixes?
The combining form for hepat/ is ____________.
What is hepat/o?
This prefix means without.
What is "an"?
This suffix means cell.
What is -cyte?
A combining form (root +o) links a suffix that begins with a ________________.
What is a consonant?
Most medical terms orginate from ____________languages
What is Greek or Latin?
The combining form for erythr/ is
What is erythr/o
This prefix means "in, within"
What is "intra"?
This suffix means inflammation.
What is -itis?
The diacritical mark _____________ indicates the short vowel sound of vowels.
What is the breve?
This is attached to the beginning of a word or word root
What is a prefix?
The combining form for oste/ is ___________.
What is oste/o/?
This prefix means excessive, above normal.
What is "hyper"
In medical terminology, a suffix usually describes a pathology, symptom, surgical or diagnostic procedure or ______________.
What is part of speech?
The diacritical mark _____________ indicates the long vowel sound of vowels.
What is the macron mark?