MMSC 200 Exam 1 – Questions With Verified
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attached to beginning of a medical term to modify
prefix
the unique meaning derived from root
often indicates number, direction, orientation, time,
prefix often indicates
negation
fundamental meaning of a medical term * core of
root
the word
used to ease pronunciation - usually an "o". A
combining vowel combining vowel is used to connect two word roots
or a word root and a suffix
word ending. Suffix is attached to end of a root (or
suffix rarely to prefix) to modify its meaning. often
indicates a procedure or instrument
all medical terms must suffix
have a
most medical terms have root
at least one
Some medical terms do a prefix or combining vowel, although they all have
NOT have suffix
When a suffix begins with the combining vowel is usually omitted
a vowel
Prefix can be directly the combining vowel "o"
attached to a root
without
hemat blood
,-logy study of
electr electricity
cardi heart
-gram record of information generated from an analyzer
gastr stomach
-itis inflammation
sub under
-ic pertaining to
aden/o gland
arthr/o joint
bi/o life
carcin/o cancer
cardi/o heart
cephal/o head
cerebr/o cerebrum
cis/o to cut
crin/o to secrete
cyst/o urinary bladder
cyt/o cell
derm/o or dermat/o skin
electr/o electricity
encephal/o brain
enter/o intestines
erythr/o red
glyc/o sugar
gnos/o knowledge
gynec/o female
, hepat/o liver
iatr/o treatment, physician
leuk/o white
nephr/o kidney
neur/o nerve
onc/o tumor
ophthalm/o eye
oste/o bone
path/o disease
ped/o child
psych/o mind
radi/o x-rays
ren/o kidney
rhin/o nose
sarc/o flesh
sect/o to cut
thromb/o clot
ur/o urine, urinary tract
-ac or -al pertaining to
-algia pain
-cyte cell
-ectomy excision, removal
-emia blood condition
-genic produced by or in
-globin protein
-ic or -ical pertaining to
-ion process
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Terms in this set (347)
attached to beginning of a medical term to modify
prefix
the unique meaning derived from root
often indicates number, direction, orientation, time,
prefix often indicates
negation
fundamental meaning of a medical term * core of
root
the word
used to ease pronunciation - usually an "o". A
combining vowel combining vowel is used to connect two word roots
or a word root and a suffix
word ending. Suffix is attached to end of a root (or
suffix rarely to prefix) to modify its meaning. often
indicates a procedure or instrument
all medical terms must suffix
have a
most medical terms have root
at least one
Some medical terms do a prefix or combining vowel, although they all have
NOT have suffix
When a suffix begins with the combining vowel is usually omitted
a vowel
Prefix can be directly the combining vowel "o"
attached to a root
without
hemat blood
,-logy study of
electr electricity
cardi heart
-gram record of information generated from an analyzer
gastr stomach
-itis inflammation
sub under
-ic pertaining to
aden/o gland
arthr/o joint
bi/o life
carcin/o cancer
cardi/o heart
cephal/o head
cerebr/o cerebrum
cis/o to cut
crin/o to secrete
cyst/o urinary bladder
cyt/o cell
derm/o or dermat/o skin
electr/o electricity
encephal/o brain
enter/o intestines
erythr/o red
glyc/o sugar
gnos/o knowledge
gynec/o female
, hepat/o liver
iatr/o treatment, physician
leuk/o white
nephr/o kidney
neur/o nerve
onc/o tumor
ophthalm/o eye
oste/o bone
path/o disease
ped/o child
psych/o mind
radi/o x-rays
ren/o kidney
rhin/o nose
sarc/o flesh
sect/o to cut
thromb/o clot
ur/o urine, urinary tract
-ac or -al pertaining to
-algia pain
-cyte cell
-ectomy excision, removal
-emia blood condition
-genic produced by or in
-globin protein
-ic or -ical pertaining to
-ion process
