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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 66
1. Medicallanguage includes t ermsbuilt f rom whichof t hef ollowinglanguages? 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
a. Germanand Russian 6 6
b. Italianand French 6 6
c. Greekand Latin 6 6
d. Chineseand Japanese 6 6
ANS: C REF: 3 OBJ: 2
TOP: Originso f MedicalLanguage 6 6 6
2. A medicalt erm f ormed f romt hef irst lettersof t hewordsinaphrase,whichcanbespokenasa whole
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66word and usually contains a vowel, such as laser, is
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a. aneponym. 6
b. modernlanguage. 6
c. built f romt heEnglish language.
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d. anacronym. 6
ANS: D REF: 4 OBJ: 2
TOP: Originso f MedicalLanguage 6 6 6
3. A t ermnamed f orapersonoraplace, such asAlzheimer d isease named f ort hephysicianwho first
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described the symptoms as seen in a patient, is
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a. anacronym. 6 NURSINGTB.COM
b. built f romt heEnglish language. 6 6 6 6
c. aneponym. 6
d. modernlanguage. 6
ANS: C REF: 4 OBJ: 2
TOP: Originso f MedicalLanguage 6 6 6
4. Theword part t hat containst hefundamentalmeaningof t hewordist he
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a. prefix.
b. word root. 6
c. suffix.
d. combiningvowel.
ANS: B REF: 6 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts 6
5. The word part t hat isattached tot hebeginningof awordroot tomodifyitsmeaningist he
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a. word root. 6
b. suffix.
c. prefix.
d. combiningvowel.
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6. The word part t hat isattached tot heendofawordroot tomodifyitsmeaningist he
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a. combiningvowel.
b. suffix.
c. word root. 6
d. prefix.
ANS: B REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
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7. Allmedicalt erms haveat least one
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a. prefix.
b. combiningvowel.
c. suffix.
d. word root. 6
ANS: D REF: 6 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
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8. Acombining f ormis madeupof a 6 6 6 6 6 6
a. word root andacombiningvowel.
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b. prefixand acombiningvowel. 6 6 6 6
c. combiningvoweland asuffix. 6 6 6 6
d. prefixand awordroot. 6 6 6 6
ANS: A REF: 9 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts
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9. A combining vowelis used t o
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a. easeword pronunciation.
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b. modifyt hemeaningof aword. 6 6 6 6 6
c. make analyzing aword easier.
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d. make defininga wordeasi er.
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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 the
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a. word root. 6
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,whichpartist heprefix?
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a. ic
b. sub
c. hepat
d. hepat/o