Chapter 1-General

Question 1

Purpose of Medical Language

Answer 1

Allows healthcare professionals to be clear, communicate quickly, & to comfort patients.

Question 2

Eponym

Answer 2

Epi(upon) + onyma(name) = to put your name on something; a word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or invented whatever is being described

Question 3

Acronym

Answer 3

Acro(high, end) + onyma(name) = to make up a name with the ends; a word made up of the first letters of each of the words that make up a phrase

Question 4

Ultima(last)

Answer 4

Last syllable in a word

Question 5

Penult(almost the last)

[Pen(almost)]

Answer 5

Second-to-last syllable

Question 6

Antepenult(the one before the one that is almost last)

[Ante(before)]

Answer 6

The third to last syllable in a word

Question 7

Root

Answer 7

Foundation or subject of the term

Question 8

Suffix

Answer 8

Ending that gives essential meaning to the term

Question 9

Prefix

Answer 9

Added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root