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Misc.
Word Parts
Combining Forms
Prefixes
Suffixes
100
It is important to use precise medical terminology at all times in health care - with supervisors, coworkers, and patients. True or false?
What is false?
100
A suffix comes at the ______ of a word.
What is at the end? (examples: -plasty, -scope, -itis)
100
The combining form enter/o means:
What is small intestine?
100
What does the prefix poly- mean?
What is many?
100
In the term gastrectomy, what does the suffix -ectomy mean?
What is surgical removal?
200
Osteoma means:
What is tumor in a bone?
200
All medical terms have a prefix. True or false?
What is false? Many but not all do.
200
What is the combining form for muscle?
What is my/o?
200
What is the prefix for excessive, above?
What is hyper-?
200
What does the suffix -itis mean?
What is inflammation?
300
What does the medical term apnea mean?
What is the absence of breathing?
300
Can medical terms have more than one word root?
Yes! 

Example: gastroenterology

300
What is the combining form for bone?
What is oste/o?
300
What does the prefix sub- mean?
What is beneath, below?
300
What does the suffix in cardiomegaly mean?
What is enlarged?
400
An otoplast is a tool used to examine the ear. True or false?
What is false? (an otoscope, -scope is a tool for examination)
400
The combining vowel is used to create a medical term when the suffix begins with a _____ .
What is a consonant?
400
What does the combining form crani/o mean?
What is skull?
400
What does the prefix inter- mean?
What is between?
400
What does the suffix in myalgia mean?
What is pain?
500
What do tachycardia and bradycardia mean?
Tachycardia is a fast heart rate. Bradycardia is a slow heart rate.
500
What are the components of a combining form?
What is a word root and combining vowel?
500
The combining form hepat/o means:
What is liver?
500
What does the prefix intra- mean?
What is within?
500
What does the suffix in the term intercostal mean?
What is pertaining to?