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EDITION BY LEONARD
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Chapter 01: Simplified Medical Language
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2. Latinvrootsvarevusedvtovwritevwordsvnamingvandvdescribing:vv
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c. diagnosis.vv
d. structuresvofvthevbody.vv
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3. Whenvwrittenvalone,vavprefixvisvusuallyvfollowedvbyvthisvtovindicatevthatvanothervwordvfollowsvthevprefixvtov
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b. comma.vv
c. hyphen.vv
d. wordvroot.vv
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4. Avcombiningvvowelvisvused:vv
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b. whenvthevsuffixvthatvfollowsvbeginsvwithvavconsonant.vv
c. whenvtherevisvnovprefix.vv
d. whenvtherevisvavprefix.vv
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a. Psychevv
b. Lithosvv
c. Orisvv
d. Caudavv
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6. Thevpunctuationvmarkvthatvdesignatesvavcombiningvformvisva:vv
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b. parenthesis.vv
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d. semicolon.vv
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7. Thevmostvfrequentlyvusedvcombiningvvowelvis:vv
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b. a.vv
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b. Prefixvv
c. Combiningvvowelvv
d. Suffixvv
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11. Learningvthevmeaningsvofvwordvparts:vv
a. isvnotvimportantvasvlongvasveveryvwordvisvmemorized.vv
b. isvonevofvthevmostvdifficultvtasksvtovmastervinvhealthvcare.vv
c. shouldvbevdonevonlyvifvtimevallows.vv
d. eliminatesvthevnecessityvofvmemorizingveachvnewvwordvencountered.vv
v ANS:vDvvREF:vp.v5vvv TOP:vWordvPartsvv
12. BorrowingvofvmedicalvwordsvfromvLatinvorvGreenvbeganvaroundvthevyear:vv
a. 1500.vv
b. 1700.vv
c. 1800.vv
d. 1900.vv
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13. LatinvandvGreenvcombinedvarevthevoriginvofvwhatvpercentagevofvmedicalvterms?vv
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b. 50v%vv
c. 70v%vv
d. 90v%vv
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14. Thevsuffixv“-itis”vmeans:vv
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b. inflammation.vv
c. reverse.vv
d. repair.vv
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15. Avcompoundvwordvisvavwordvinvwhichvtwovofvwhatvarevcombined?vv
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16. Eponymsvare:vv