MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY – MIDTERM EXAM WITH
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-edema
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What is the suffix for the term
1 What is a word root? 2
"swelling?"
, What is the suffix for the term 4 What does a prefix indicate?
3
"disease?"
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Terms in this set (93)
What is a word root? The foundation of a medical term and contains its
primary meaning. Most word roots are derived from
Greek or Latin language.
What is a suffix? Word element placed at the end of a word that
changes a meaning of the word.
What is a prefix? Word element attached to the beginning of a word
or word root. Not all medical terms have a prefix.
What does a suffix describe? In medical terminology, a suffix usually describes a
pathology (disease or abnormality), symptom,
surgical or diagnostic procedure, or part of speech.
What does a prefix indicate? Prefixes usually indicate a number, time, position,
direction, or negation.
What is a combining form? A combining form is created when a word root is
combined with a vowel.
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+
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Practice questions for this set
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-edema
Choose an answer
What is the suffix for the term
1 What is a word root? 2
"swelling?"
, What is the suffix for the term 4 What does a prefix indicate?
3
"disease?"
Don't know?
Terms in this set (93)
What is a word root? The foundation of a medical term and contains its
primary meaning. Most word roots are derived from
Greek or Latin language.
What is a suffix? Word element placed at the end of a word that
changes a meaning of the word.
What is a prefix? Word element attached to the beginning of a word
or word root. Not all medical terms have a prefix.
What does a suffix describe? In medical terminology, a suffix usually describes a
pathology (disease or abnormality), symptom,
surgical or diagnostic procedure, or part of speech.
What does a prefix indicate? Prefixes usually indicate a number, time, position,
direction, or negation.
What is a combining form? A combining form is created when a word root is
combined with a vowel.
