Chapter 1

Question 1

What is a constructed term?

Answer 1

A word made up of word parts

Question 2

What is an eponym?

Answer 2

A term derived from a person’s name

Question 3

What is a non-constructed term?

Answer 3

A term not formed from individual word parts

Question 4

What are word parts?

Answer 4

prefixes, word roots, and suffixes put together to form words

Question 5

what is a suffix?

Answer 5

fixed to the end of a word

Question 6

what is a combining vowel?

Answer 6

connects a word root to a suffix that begins with a consonant or another word root

Question 7

what is a combining form?

Answer 7

word root plus combining vowel

Question 8

what is encephalitis?

Answer 8

inflammation of the brain

Question 9

what is neonatology?

Answer 9

study or science of newborns

Question 10

what is neuropathy?

Answer 10

disease of the nerves

Question 11

what is mastectomy?

Answer 11

surgical removal of the breast

Question 12

what is a rhinoplasty?

Answer 12

surgical repair of the nose

Question 13

what is an endoscope?

Answer 13

instrument for viewing within

Question 14

what is a mammogram?

Answer 14

an X-ray image of the breast

Question 15

what is a pathologist?

Answer 15

one who studies disease

Question 16

what is a hysterectomy?

Answer 16

surgical removal of the uterus

Question 17

what does cardio mean?

Answer 17

heart

Question 18

what does hemo mean?

Answer 18

blood

Question 19

what does neuro mean?

Answer 19

nerves

Question 20

gastro

Answer 20

stomach

Question 21

patho

Answer 21

disease

Question 22

cerebro

Answer 22

brain

Question 23

hepato

Answer 23

liver

Question 24

psycho

Answer 24

mind

Question 25

dermato

Answer 25

skin

Question 26

rhino

Answer 26

nose