Intro to Medical Terminology

What language is medical terminology derived from?

• American and French
• Greek and French
• Latin and Greek
• Latin and Italian

Word roots:

• Usually indicate a number, time, position, color or sense of negation.
• Usually indicates a procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech.
• Frequently indicates a body part.

Suffixes:

• Usually indicates a number, time, position, direction, color, or sense of negation.
• Usually indicates a procedure, condition, or part of speech.
• Frequently indicates a body part.

Prefixes: 

• Usually indicates a number, time, position, direction, color, or sense of negation.
• Usually indicates a procedure, condition, or part of speech.
• Frequently indicates a body part. 

Basic rule one states a word root is used __________ a suffix that begins with a vowel.

• after
• before
• in the middle of 

Basic rule two states that __________ __________ is used to link a suffix that begins with a consonant and to link a word root to another word root to form a compound word.

• combining word

• combining vowel

• word root

Which of the following statements is correct regarding defining medical words?

• First define the suffix or ending. Second, define the prefix, or beginning.  Third, define the middle.
• First define the prefix, or beginning.  Second, define the suffix or ending.  Third, define the middle .
• First, define the middle. Second, define the suffix or ending.  Third, define the prefix, or beginning.

Which of the following is NOT one of the parts of medical language

• Reading

• Thinking

• Creating new terms

• Listening

All medical terms have at least one

• prefix
•  combining vowel
• suffix
•  word root

A combining form is made up of a

•  word root and a combining vowel
•  prefix and a combining vowel
•  combining vowel and a suffix
•  prefix and a word root