TEST BANK FOR Medical Terminology: A Living Language 8th Edition by Bonnie Fremgen & Suzanne Frucht , ISBN: 9780138029999 Chapter 1-14 |All Chapters Verified| Guide A+

TEST BANK FOR Medical Terminology A Living
Language, 8th Edition by Bonnie F. Fremgen Suzanne S
Frucht
Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical Terminology

1.1 Fill-in-the-Blank Questions

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style,
meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o.
All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen
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before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking
for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a
prefix meaning two is bi-.

Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer
will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style.
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1) The combining form that means life is .
Answer: bi/o
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2) The combining form that means cancer is .
Answer: carcin/o
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3) The combining form that means heart is .
Answer: cardi/o
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4) The combining form that means chemical is .
Answer: chem/o
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5) The combining form that means to cut is .
Answer: cis/o
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6) The combining form that means skin is .
Answer: dermat/o
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7) The combining form that means small intestine is .
Answer: enter/o
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8) The combining form that means stomach is .
Answer: gastr/o
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9) The combining form that means female is .
Answer: gynec/o
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10) The combining form that means blood is .
Answer: hemat/o
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,11) The combining form that means protection is .
Answer: immun/o
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12) The combining form that means voice box is .
Answer: laryng/o
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13) The combining form that means kidney is .
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Answer: nephr/o
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14) The combining form that means nerve is .
Answer: neur/o
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15) A combining form that means eye is .
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Answer: ophthalm/o
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16) The combining form that means ear is .
Answer: ot/o
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, 17) The combining form that means disease is .
Answer: path/o
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18) The combining form that means lung is .
Answer: pulmon/o
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19) The combining form that means nose is .
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Answer: rhin/o
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20) A prefix that means fast is .
Answer: tachy-
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21) A prefix that means against is .
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Answer: anti-
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22) A prefix that means self is .
Answer: auto-
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