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1
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osteoarthritis

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Bone and joint inflammation

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myopathy

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muscle disease

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rhinoplasty

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surgical repair of the nose

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apnea

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without breathing

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cephalic

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pertaining to the head

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dysuria

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painful or difficult urination

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arthroscope

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instrument for viewing a joint

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osteocyte

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Bone cell

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electrocardiogram

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record of hearts electricity

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hepatomegaly

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enlarged liver

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what two word parts are found in gastr/o

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a word root and a combining vowel

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11
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what is the combining form in the term hepatomegaly

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Hepat/o

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12
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what is the suffix for record

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-gram

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13
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how is the first syllable in the medical term coelom pronounced

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SEE

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14
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In medical term cholesterol, what sound does the ch- at the beginning of a word have

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Hard k

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15
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The meaning of the suffix in the middle term arthritis is

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inflammation

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16
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when building plurals for words ending in -a, what do you do?

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Keep the -a and add an -e

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17
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when defining medical terms what should you do first

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divide the term into its word parts

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18
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the suffix of a medical term is found

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at the end of the term

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19
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what is an example of a combinning form

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hepat/o

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20
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in the word rhin/o/plasty, the combining vowel is

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o

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21
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what is an example of a medical term of greek or latin origin

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cardiology

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22
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root word for joint

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arthr

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23
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when building plurals for words ending in -ix, what do you do?

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drop -x and add -ces

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what word parts are included in the combining form

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a word root and a combining vowel

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25
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what is the singular of phalanges

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phalanx

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26
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in the medical term bilateral, what does the prefix bi- mean

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two

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27
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Hodgkin disease is an example of a (n)

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eponym

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the combining form hepat/o means

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liver

29
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what is the root word for nose

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Rhin

30
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when pronouncing a medical term that has “pn” in the middle of the word, you should pronounce

A

hard p and hard n

31
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what is the plural of thorax

A

Thoraces

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Eponym

A

Addison Disease

33
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What is the prefix for after

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Post-

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The prefix is found

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at the beginning of the term

35
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To build Latin- and Greek - based terms, for different types of word parts are sed, including word roots, suffixes, prefixes , and

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combining vowels

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What is a term that uses a combining vowel

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cardiology

37
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The word part that is the basis for most medical terms is the

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word root

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when building medical terms, what is the first step?

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selecting word parts that convey the meaning needed

39
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Central meaning of a word

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word root

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A prefix

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comes at the beginning of a term

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The word part -oma is a

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suffix

42
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The plural of the term metastasis is spelled

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metastases

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The most common combining vowel is the letter

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o

44
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The suffix -ectomy means

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surgical removal

45
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when adding a suffix to a word root to build a medical term, when is the combining vowel dropped

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when the suffix begins with a vowel

46
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the word root cephal is defined as

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head

47
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what is the correct definition of the prefix inter-

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between

48
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what does the combining form arthr/o mean

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joint

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what is the plural or vertebra

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vertebrae

50
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how is the -i at the end of the term bronchi pronounced

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eye

51
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what is the definition of the word root rhin

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nose

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the suffix -pathy means

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disease

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how is the prefix a- defined

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without

54
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what is the correct definition of the term hepatomegaly

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enlarger liver

55
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what is the plural form of the term ovum

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ova

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how is the prefix dys- defined

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difficult

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in the term biology, what does the suffix -logy mean

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study of

58
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terms that use a persons name ex. parkinson

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eponyms

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modern english words

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ex. irritable bowel syndrome

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latin and greek word parts

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cardiology

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Word roots

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  • arthr joint
  • carcin cancer
  • cardi heart
  • cephal head
  • electr electricity
  • gastr stomach
  • hepat liver
  • my muscle
  • oste bone
  • rhin nose
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suffixes

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  • -ectomy surgical removal
  • -gram a record
  • -itis inflammation
  • -logy study of
  • -megaly enlarged
  • -pathy disease
63
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word roots

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essential meaning of term and refers to body structure, organ and body system

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suffixes

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found at the end of words and provide info about conditions, diseases, and procedures

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prefixes

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found at beginning of words and provide information about abnormal conditions, number, positions, times and many medical terms do not have prefixes.

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prefixes ex

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  • a- without
  • bi- two
  • dys- abnormal, difficult, painful
  • inter- between
  • post- after
  • sub- under
67
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Combining vowel is only placed

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between a word root and a suffix
between two words
never used between a prefix and a word root
begins with consonant use it
begins with a vowel do not
gastr+o+enter+o+-logy

68
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–a, keep –a and add –e vertebra vertebrae
–ax, drop –x and add –ces thorax thoraces
–ex, drop –ex and add –ices apex apices
–is, drop –is and add –es metastasis metastases
–ix, drop –x and add –ces appendix appendices
–ma, keep –ma and add –ta sarcoma sarcomata
–on, drop –on and add –a spermatozoon spermatozoa
–us, drop –us and add –i alveolus alveoli
–um, drop –um and add –a ovum ova
–x, drop –x and add –ges phalanx phalanges
–y, drop –y and add –ies biopsy biopsies

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singular to plural

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