WORD PARTS MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
PRACTICE TEST 2026 FULL SOLUTIONS
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◉ A medical term that is an eponym is:
Answer: derived from the name of a person
◉ A medical term that is formed from the first letters of the words in
a phrase, can be spoken as a whole word, and usually contains a
vowel is:
Answer: an acronym
◉ The medical term magnetic resonance imaging is:
Answer: a technology-based term
◉ Which of the following medical terms is an eponym?
Answer: Heimlich maneuver
◉ The medical term arthritis is an example of:
Answer: Option A
a term built from word parts
,◉ The word part placed at the end of a word to modify its meaning
is a:
Answer: suffix
◉ A word root is the word part that:
Answer: is the core of the word
◉ The word part that links a word root to a suffix is a:
Answer: combining vowel
◉ A combining form could best be described as a(n):
Answer: association of a word root and combining vowel
◉ When analyzing a medical term built from word parts, the word
root would be labeled as
Answer: WR
◉ In the medical term hepatitis, the word part -itis is a:
Answer: suffix
◉ In the medical term arthritis, the word part arthr is a:
Answer: word root
,◉ In the medical term subhepatic, the word part that is a prefix is:
Answer: sub-
◉ In the medical term thermometer, the word part that is the
combining vowel is:
Answer: o
◉ In the medical term arthropathy, the combining form is:
Answer: arthr/o
◉ When connecting a word root and a suffix, a combining vowel is
usually not used if:
Answer: the suffix begins with a vowel
◉ The word part that does not alter the meaning of a medical term
is:
Answer: combining vowel
◉ Medical terms built from word parts are defined by:
Answer: the meaning of the word parts
, ◉ The word part arthr/ means:
Answer: joint
◉ The word part that means liver is:
Answer: hepat
◉ The word part -ic means:
Answer: pertaining to
◉ The word part that means inflammation is:
Answer: -itis
◉ The word part that means under is:
Answer: sub-
◉ The medical term osteitis means inflammation of the:
Answer: bone
◉ The word part that completes the medical term meaning disease
of the joint, arthr/o/________, is:
Answer: -pathy
PRACTICE TEST 2026 FULL SOLUTIONS
REVIEW PACK
◉ A medical term that is an eponym is:
Answer: derived from the name of a person
◉ A medical term that is formed from the first letters of the words in
a phrase, can be spoken as a whole word, and usually contains a
vowel is:
Answer: an acronym
◉ The medical term magnetic resonance imaging is:
Answer: a technology-based term
◉ Which of the following medical terms is an eponym?
Answer: Heimlich maneuver
◉ The medical term arthritis is an example of:
Answer: Option A
a term built from word parts
,◉ The word part placed at the end of a word to modify its meaning
is a:
Answer: suffix
◉ A word root is the word part that:
Answer: is the core of the word
◉ The word part that links a word root to a suffix is a:
Answer: combining vowel
◉ A combining form could best be described as a(n):
Answer: association of a word root and combining vowel
◉ When analyzing a medical term built from word parts, the word
root would be labeled as
Answer: WR
◉ In the medical term hepatitis, the word part -itis is a:
Answer: suffix
◉ In the medical term arthritis, the word part arthr is a:
Answer: word root
,◉ In the medical term subhepatic, the word part that is a prefix is:
Answer: sub-
◉ In the medical term thermometer, the word part that is the
combining vowel is:
Answer: o
◉ In the medical term arthropathy, the combining form is:
Answer: arthr/o
◉ When connecting a word root and a suffix, a combining vowel is
usually not used if:
Answer: the suffix begins with a vowel
◉ The word part that does not alter the meaning of a medical term
is:
Answer: combining vowel
◉ Medical terms built from word parts are defined by:
Answer: the meaning of the word parts
, ◉ The word part arthr/ means:
Answer: joint
◉ The word part that means liver is:
Answer: hepat
◉ The word part -ic means:
Answer: pertaining to
◉ The word part that means inflammation is:
Answer: -itis
◉ The word part that means under is:
Answer: sub-
◉ The medical term osteitis means inflammation of the:
Answer: bone
◉ The word part that completes the medical term meaning disease
of the joint, arthr/o/________, is:
Answer: -pathy
