Ch1 Introduction To Medical Terminology

Question 1

Word Root

Answer 1

Core, or main part, of a medical term

Question 2

Eponym

Answer 2

Term named after the person who first identified the condition or developed the procedure

Question 3

Cardi/o

Answer 3

Heart

Question 4

Cerebr/o

Answer 4

Brain, cerebrum

Question 5

Col/o, colon/o

Answer 5

Colon (section of large intestine)

Question 6

Crani/o

Answer 6

Cranium, skull

Question 7

Dermat/o

Answer 7

Skin

Question 8

Gastr/o

Answer 8

Stomach

Question 9

Nephr/o

Answer 9

Kidney

Question 10

Neur/o

Answer 10

Nerve

Question 11

Oste/o

Answer 11

Bone

Question 12

Pulmon/o

Answer 12

Lung

Question 13

Ren/o

Answer 13

Kidney

Question 14

Vas

Answer 14

Vessel

Question 15

A-, an-

Answer 15

Without, not

Question 16

Dys-

Answer 16

Painful, difficult, abnormal

Question 17

Inter-

Answer 17

Between, among

Question 18

Intra-

Answer 18

Inside, within

Question 19

Peri-

Answer 19

Around, surrounding

Question 20

Poly-

Answer 20

Many, much

Question 21

Post-

Answer 21

After, behind

Question 22

Pre-

Answer 22

Before

Question 23

Sub-, infra-

Answer 23

Below, beneath

Question 24

Supra-, super-

Answer 24

Above

Question 25

-ac, -al, -ary, -ic, -ous

Answer 25

Pertaining to

Question 26

-algia

Answer 26

Pain

Question 27

-ectomy

Answer 27

Excision, surgical removal

Question 28

-gram

Answer 28

Record, recording

Question 29

-ism, -ia

Answer 29

Condition of

Question 30

-itis

Answer 30

Inflammation

Question 31

-ium

Answer 31

Pertaining to body region, structure

Question 32

-logy

Answer 32

Study of

Question 33

-oma

Answer 33

Tumor

Question 34

-tomy

Answer 34

Incision

Question 35

Prefix

Answer 35

Word part that comes before the word root; add meaning to the term by adjusting or qualifying the meaning of the root word

Question 36

Suffix

Answer 36

Word part that comes after the word root; add the meaning of the suffix to the meaning of the word root ( and prefix when one is present)

Question 37

Combining vowel

Answer 37

Vowel used between word parts (usually o, sometimes e or i) that is added to a word root to make the word easier to pronounce

Question 38

Combining form

Answer 38

The word root and its associated combining vowel