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Chapter 01:Introductionto MedicalLanguageandEvolve StudentResources LaFleur:
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Exploring Medical Language, 11th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE ml
1. Medicallanguage includes t ermsbuilt f rom whichof t hef ollowinglanguages? lm lm lm lm lm lm lm lm lm
a. Germanand Russian lm lm
b. Italianand French lm lm
c. Greekand Latin lm lm
d. Chineseand Japanese lm lm
ANS: C REF: 3 OBJ: 2
TOP: Originso f MedicalLanguage lm lm lm
2. A medicalt erm f ormed f romt hef irst lettersof t hewordsinaphrase,whichcanbespokenasa whole
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word and usually contains a vowel, such as laser, is
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a. aneponym. lm
b. modernlanguage. lm
c. built f romt heEnglish language. lm lm lm lm
d. anacronym. lm
ANS: D REF: 4 OBJ: 2
TOP: Originso f MedicalLanguage lm lm lm
3. A t ermnamed f orapersonoraplace, such asAlzheimer d isease named f ort hephysicianwho f irst
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d escribed t he symptoms as seen in a patient, is
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a. anacronym. lm NURSINGTB.COM
b. built f romt heEnglish language. lm lm lm lm
c. aneponym. lm
d. modernlanguage. lm
ANS: C REF: 4 OBJ: 2
TOP: Originso f MedicalLanguage lm lm lm
4. Theword part t hat containst hefundamentalmeaningof t heword ist he
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a. prefix.
b. word root. lm
c. suffix.
d. combiningvowel.
ANS: B REF: 6 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts lm
5. The word part t hat isattached tot hebeginningof awordroot tomodifyitsmeaningist he
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a. word root. lm
b. suffix.
c. prefix.
d. combiningvowel.
, ANS: C REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
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6. The word part t hat isattached tot heendofawordroot t omodifyitsmeaningist he
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, ExploringMedical Language11thEditionBrooksTest Bank lm ml lm lm lm lm lm
a. combiningvowel.
b. suffix.
c. word root. lm
d. prefix.
ANS: B REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
lm
7. Allmedicalt erms haveat least one
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a. prefix.
b. combiningvowel.
c. suffix.
d. word root. lm
ANS: D REF: 6 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
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8. Acombining f ormis madeupof a lm lm lm lm lm lm
a. word root and acombiningvowel.
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b. prefixand acombiningvowel. lm lm lm lm
c. combiningvoweland asuffix. lm lm lm lm
d. prefixand aword root. lm lm lm lm
ANS: A REF: 9 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
lm
9. A combining vowelis used t o
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a. easeword pronunciation.lm lm
b. modifyt hemeaningof aword. lm lm lm lm lm
c. make analyzing aword easier. lm lm lm lm
d. make defininga wordeasi er. ij ij
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ANS: A REF: 8 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
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10. The most common combining vowelis
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a. a.
b. i.
c. e.
d. o.
ANS: D REF: 8 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
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11. Int het ermarthr/itis,itisis t he
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a. word root. lm
b. prefix.
c. combiningvowel.
d. suffix.
ANS: D REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
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12. Int het ermsub/hepat/ic,whichpart ist heprefix?
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a. ic
b. sub
c. hepat
d. hepat/o