Acquiring Medical language (Jones and Cavonaugh)
chapter 1 Questions And Answers 2025\2026
What language is the medical language primarily made up of? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Greek and Latin
Eponym - CORRECT ANSWER-Word formed by including name of person
who discovered or invented whatever being described
Acronym - CORRECT ANSWER-Word made up of the first letter of each
word that make up a phrase
What language was the global language of the scientific revolution? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Latin
What century did the scientific revolution take place? - CORRECT
ANSWER-16th-18th
Root- - CORRECT ANSWER-Foundation or subject of term
, Suffix- - CORRECT ANSWER-Ending that gives meaning to term
Prefix- - CORRECT ANSWER-Added to beginning of term when needed
to further modify the root
Antepenult - CORRECT ANSWER-Third to last syllable of a word
Singular suffixes- - CORRECT ANSWER--a, -ax, -ex, -ix, -is, -ma, -on, -um,
-us, -y
Plural suffixes- - CORRECT ANSWER--ae, -aces, -ices, -es, -mata, -a, -i, -
ies
Ula-,
Ule-,
Ole-,
Icle- - CORRECT ANSWER-Small
Neur/o - CORRECT ANSWER-Nerve
Cardi/o - CORRECT ANSWER-Heart
chapter 1 Questions And Answers 2025\2026
What language is the medical language primarily made up of? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Greek and Latin
Eponym - CORRECT ANSWER-Word formed by including name of person
who discovered or invented whatever being described
Acronym - CORRECT ANSWER-Word made up of the first letter of each
word that make up a phrase
What language was the global language of the scientific revolution? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Latin
What century did the scientific revolution take place? - CORRECT
ANSWER-16th-18th
Root- - CORRECT ANSWER-Foundation or subject of term
, Suffix- - CORRECT ANSWER-Ending that gives meaning to term
Prefix- - CORRECT ANSWER-Added to beginning of term when needed
to further modify the root
Antepenult - CORRECT ANSWER-Third to last syllable of a word
Singular suffixes- - CORRECT ANSWER--a, -ax, -ex, -ix, -is, -ma, -on, -um,
-us, -y
Plural suffixes- - CORRECT ANSWER--ae, -aces, -ices, -es, -mata, -a, -i, -
ies
Ula-,
Ule-,
Ole-,
Icle- - CORRECT ANSWER-Small
Neur/o - CORRECT ANSWER-Nerve
Cardi/o - CORRECT ANSWER-Heart