Medical words basic elements

Question 1

What are the four elements of a medical word?

Answer 1

Word root (WR), Combining form (CF), Suffix, Prefix

Question 2

Word root

Answer 2

Part of the word that is the main meaning of the entire word, some don’t have a word root such as “heart”

Question 3

Word root examples

Answer 3

Hepat in hepatitis, laryng in laryngitis

Question 4

Combining form

Answer 4

A vowel inserted after word root to make it easier to pronounce EX mammOgram not mammgram

Question 5

Combining form examples

Answer 5

psychOlogy, hepatOmegaly, laryngOspasm

Question 6

Suffix

Answer 6

Word element at End of word

Question 7

Suffix types

Answer 7

• Surgical
• Diagnostic, pathological, and
  related
• Grammatical and diminutive
• Singular and plural

Question 8

Suffix examples

Answer 8

ectomy, itis, oma, tomy, scope

Question 9

Surgical suffix

Answer 9

To describe a surgical procedure

Question 10

Surgical suffix example

Answer 10

append/ECTOMY, arthr/o/CENTESIS, lith/o/TRIPSY

Question 11

Diagnostic suffixes

Answer 11

Denote procedure or test performed to identify cause/nature of illness

Question 12

Diagnostic suffixes example

Answer 12

electr/o/cardio/GRAM, gastr/o/SCOPY

Question 13

Pathological suffixes

Answer 13

Describe abnormal condition disease

Question 14

Pathological suffixes example

Answer 14

neur/ALGIA, gastr/ITIS, hem/o/RRHAGE

Question 15

Grammatical suffixes

Answer 15

Turns word roots into adjective or noun

Question 16

Grammatical suffixes example

Answer 16

ic in gastric (adjective), ia in pneumonia (noun)

Question 17

Diminutive suffixes

Answer 17

Makes the word mean the smaller version from its original version of the word

Question 18

Diminutive suffixes example

Answer 18

tub/ULE, arteri/OLE

Question 19

Singular/plural suffixes

Answer 19

Modifies words from singular to plural forms

Question 20

Prefix

Answer 20

Word element at beginning of word

Question 21

Prefix types

Answer 21

• Position
• Number and Measurement
• Direction

Question 22

Prefix example

Answer 22

hyper, hemi, epi, post, inter

Question 23

Position prefixes examples

Answer 23

EPI/gastr/ic, INTER/cost/al, PRE/nat/al, POST/nat/al, SUB/nas/al

Question 24

Number/measurement prefixes

Answer 24

Describe an amount, size, or degree of involvement

Question 25

Position prefixes

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To describe a place/location

Question 26

Number/measurement prefixes example

Answer 26

POLY/phobia, MACRO/cyte, MICRO/cyte,

Question 27

Direction prefixes

Answer 27

indicate a pathway/route

Question 28

Direction prefixes examples

Answer 28

CIRCUM/ren/al, EXTRA/crani/al, INTRA/muscul/ar, PARA/nas/al, SUPRA/ren/al, ENDO/crine

Question 29

Other prefixes

Answer 29

ANTI/bacteri/al, AN/esthesia, A/mast/ia, EU/pnea, DYS/pnea, HOMO/graft