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eur: Exploring Medical Language, 11th Edition
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MULTIPLEnCHOICE
1. Medicalnlanguagenincludesntermsnbuiltnfromnwhichnofnthenfollowingnlanguages?
a. GermannandnRussian
b. ItaliannandnFrench
c. GreeknandnLatin
d. ChinesenandnJapanese
ANS:n C REF:nnn 3 OBJ:n 2
TOP:n OriginsnofnMedicalnLanguage
2. Anmedicalntermnformednfromnthenfirstnlettersnofnthenwordsninnanphrase,nwhichncannbenspokennasnan
wholenwordnandnusuallyncontainsnanvowel,nsuchnasnlaser,nis
a. anneponym.
b. modernnlanguage.
c. builtnfromnthenEnglishnlanguage.
d. annacronym.
ANS:n D REF:nnn 4 OBJ:n 2
TOP:n OriginsnofnMedicalnLanguage
3. Antermnnamednfornanpersonnornanplace,nsuchnasnAlzheimerndiseasennamednfornthenphysiciannwhonfi
rstndescribednthensymptomsnasnseenninnanpatient,nis
a. annacronym. NURSINGTB.COM
b. builtnfromnthenEnglishnlanguage.
c. anneponym.
d. modernnlanguage.
ANS:n C REF:nnn 4 OBJ:n 2
TOP:n OriginsnofnMedicalnLanguage
4. Thenwordnpartnthatncontainsnthenfundamentalnmeaningnofnthenwordnisnthe
a. prefix.
b. wordnroot.
c. suffix.
d. combiningnvowel.
ANS:n B REF:nnn 6 OBJ:nnn 4 TOP:n WordnParts
5. Thenwordnpartnthatnisnattachedntonthenbeginningnofnanwordnrootntonmodifynitsnmeaningnisnthe
a. wordnroot.
b. suffix.
c. prefix.
d. combiningnvowel.
ANS:n C REF:nnn 7 OBJ:nnn 4 TOP:n WordnParts
6. Thenwordnpartnthatnisnattachedntonthenendnofnanwordnrootntonmodifynitsnmeaningnisnthe
, ExploringnMedicalnLanguagen11thnEditionnBrooksnTestnBank
a. combiningnvowel.
b. suffix.
c. wordnroot.
d. prefix.
ANS:n B REF:nnn 7 OBJ:nnn 4 TOP:n WordnParts
7. Allnmedicalntermsnhavenatnleastnone
a. prefix.
b. combiningnvowel.
c. suffix.
d. wordnroot.
ANS:n D REF:nnn 6 OBJ:nnn 4 TOP:n WordnParts
8. Ancombiningnformnisnmadenupnofna
a. wordnrootnandnancombiningnvowel.
b. prefixnandnancombiningnvowel.
c. combiningnvowelnandnansuffix.
d. prefixnandnanwordnroot.
ANS:n A REF:nnn 9 OBJ:nnn 4 TOP:n WordnParts
9. Ancombiningnvowelnisnusednto
a. easenwordnpronunciation.
b. modifynthenmeaningnofnanword.
c. makenanalyzingnanwordneasier.
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d. makendefiningnanwordneasier. B.C M n
USNT
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ANS:n A REF:nnn 8 OBJ:nnn 4 TOP:n WordnParts
10. Thenmostncommonncombiningnvowelnis
a. a.
b. i.
c. e.
d. o.
ANS:n D REF:nnn 8 OBJ:nnn 4 TOP:n WordnParts
11. Innthentermnarthr/itis,nitisnisnthe
a. wordnroot.
b. prefix.
c. combiningnvowel.
d. suffix.
ANS:n D REF:nnn 7 OBJ:nnn 4 TOP:n WordnParts
12. Innthentermnsub/hepat/ic,nwhichnpartnisnthenprefix?
a. ic
b. sub
c. hepat
d. hepat/o
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ANS:n B REF:nnn 7 OBJ:nnn 4 TOP:n WordnParts
13. Innthentermnoste/o/arthr/o/pathy,nwhichnpartnisnthensuffix?
a. thensecondno
b. oste
c. arthr
d. pathy
ANS:n D REF:nnn 8 OBJ:nnn 4 TOP:n WordnParts
14. Thenoninnarthr/o/pathynisnthe
a. combiningnvowel.
b. prefix.
c. wordnroot.
d. suffix.
ANS:n A REF:nnn 8 OBJ:nnn 4 TOP:n WordnParts
15. Whenndefiningnanmedicalnterm,nonenusuallynbeginsnthendefinitionnwithnthe
a. wordnroot.
b. prefix.
c. suffix.
d. combiningnvowel.
ANS:n C REF:nnn11 OBJ:n 5
TOP:n AnalyzenandnDefinenMedicalnTerms
MATCHING NURSINGTB.COM
Matchneachnitemnwithnthencorrectndescriptionnbelow.
a. Termsnbuiltnfromnwordnparts
b. Termsnnotnbuiltnfromnwordnparts
c. Acronym
d. Modernnlanguage
e. Eponym
f. GreeknandnLatin
1. Languagesnusedninnmedicalnterms
2. Namenofnanplacenornanperson,noftennanphysiciannornscientist,nusedntonnamenanconditionnornte
chnique
3. UsenofnEnglishnlanguagentonformnanterm
4. Cannbentranslatednliterallyntonfindntheirnmeaning
5. Thenfirstnlettersnofnthenwordsninnanphrasenthatncannbenspokennasnanwholenwordnandnusuallync
ontainsnanvowel,narenusedntonformnanmedicalnterm
6. Cannotnbeneasilyntranslatednliterallyntonfindntheirnmeaning
1. ANS:n F REF:nnn 3 OBJ:n 2n|n3
TOP:n OriginsnofnMedicalnLanguagenandnCategoriesnofnMedicalnTerms
2. ANS:n E REF:nnn 4 OBJ:n 2n|n3
TOP:n OriginsnofnMedicalnLanguagenandnCategoriesnofnMedicalnTerms
3. ANS:n D REF:nnn 4 OBJ:n 2n|n3