Ch 1. Flashcards
The root of a medical term gives what to the word?
Meaning
The suffix that means one who studies is……
Logist,-logist; ist,-ist
lo-jist
The meaning of combining form ….
Cyt/o
-sit
Cell
The combining form for the term (False)
Pseud/o
se-ud
The portion of the word that contains the basic meaning
Word root
A prefix precedes the…..of the word
Predicts
Root
Are positioned at the end of a medical term
Starts with a vowel, no combining vowel is needed
Suffix
The combining form for the term (nucleus)
Nucle/o
Nu-cle
Select all the of the eponym terms from the diseases below
Parkinson’s
MRI
Arthritis
Alzheimer
Parkinson’s
Alzheimer
What is the combining form for the term (pneumonia) which means lung or air
Pneum/o
Which means Lung or air
How does mapping ICD-10-CM TO SMOMED CT contribute to electronic health records?
It facilitates the use of clinical data for statistical and reimbursement
What does the prefix (en)-mean
Inside
Prefix are added
Before the root
What is a medical term derived from the name of a person?
Eponym
Electronic transfer of data
To improve patient care
Medical coding
SNOMED CT
The meaning of the combining form
salping/o
Tube
The combining form that means pain? …/o
Algesi/o , algi/o, alg/o
The meaning of the combining form
andr/o
Masculine
The meaning of the combining form
Idi/o
Distinct,unknown
What is the combining form for
(large or long)
Marc/o
In contrast to normal English style,some medical associations use a preferred spelling for a disease that is represented by which of the following?
A.) Alzheimer’s disease
B.) Alzheimer disease
C.) Alzheimer
D.) Alzheimers’ disease
B.) Alzheimer disease
The meaning of
Bacil/o
Bacili
The meaning of
Carcin/o
Cancer
The meaning of
Kyph/o
Humpback
The meaning of
Path/o
Disease
The meaning of
Schiz/o
Split,division
What is the combining form term for the meaning
lateral
Later/o
The meaning of combing form
Somn/o
Sleep
The combining form of the term ( Chemical)
Chem/o
The combining form for the medical term (old age)
Ger/o , geront/o
Combining form for the term that means
Food or Nutrition
Troph/o
English plurals are formed by adding ____ or _____;however terms derived from Greek and Latin often use the regular plural forms from those languages
A. Es
B.ae
C.s
D.li
A and c
Es,s
Bar/o
Weight,pressure
Cyst/o
Bladder,a body part
Scoli/o
Crooked,bent
Appears at the end of the word
May begin with a vowel or consonant
Suffix
