Exploring Medical Language 11th Edition Test Bank by Myrna LaFleur Brooks 9780323711562 | All Chapters Covered

1. Medical language includes terms built from which of the following languages? a. German and Russian b. Italian and French c. Greek and Latin d. Chinese and Japanese ANS: C REF: 3 OBJ: 2 TOP: Origins of Medical Language 2. A medical term formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase, which can be spoken as a whole word and usually contains a vowel, such as laser, is a. an eponym. b. modern language. c. built from the English language. d. an acronym. ANS: D REF: 4 OBJ: 2 TOP: Origins of Medical Language 3. A term named for a person or a place, such as Alzheimer disease named for the physician who first described the symptoms as seen in a patient, is a. an acronym. b. built from the English language. c. an eponym. d. modern language. ANS: C REF: 4 OBJ: 2 TOP: Origins of Medical Language 4. The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of the word is the a. prefix. b. word root. c. suffix. d. combining vowel. ANS: B REF: 6 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts 5. The word part that is attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning is the a. word root. b. suffix. c. prefix. d. combining vowel. ANS: C REF: 7 OBJ: 4 TOP: Word Parts