Word Study 1
What is the medical terminology suffix for speech?
What is the medical term for the combining form cyt/o?
What is cell
If the suffix -ous means "pertaining to," the medical term intra/ven/ous means?
A. within a vein
B. pertaining to within a vein
C. disease within a vein
D. enlargement within a vein
What is B-pertaining to within a vein
In the medical term oste/o/pathy, meaning "disease of the bone," oste/o is a:
what is combining form
What is the medical terminology suffix for paralysis?
What is -plegia
What is the medical term for the combining form leuk/o?
What is white
In the medical term sub/hepat/ic, the word part sub- is a?
What is -prefix
In the medical term oset/o/pathy, o is a:
what is combining vowel
What is the medical terminology suffix for inflammation?
What is -itis
What is the medical term for the combining form my/o?
What is muscle
A word root is:
A. attached at the beginning of a word
B. the core of the word
C. used to ease pronounciation
D. attached at the end of a word
What is b- the core of the word
In the medical term arthr/itis, meaning “inflammation of a joint,” -itis is a
What is suffix
What is the medical terminology suffix for disease?
What is -pathy
What is the medical term for the combining form dermat/o?
What is skin
The medical term hepatitis is:
A. composed of word parts
B. an acronym
C. From modern language
D. an eponym
What is a-composed of word parts
In the medical term arthr/itis, arthr is a
Combining form
What is the medical terminology definition for resembling?
What is-oid
What is the medical term for the combining form hepat/o
What is liver
Which of the following is analyzed correctly?
A. intra/ven/ous
B. int/rav/enous
C. intra/veno/us
What is a-intra/ven/ous
In the medical term intra/ven/ous, meaning “pertaining to within a vein,” intra- is a
What is a prefix