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CORRECT ANWERS!!
The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of a word is the:
root word "stem word"
In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the:
word root or stem word
The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is
called a(n):
prefix
In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the:
suffix
The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the:
suffix
The most common combining vowel is:
'o'
In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the:
combining vowel "used with both the stem word and suffix"
In the divided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix and which part is the
suffix?
sub- and -ic
The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the _____
_____ and _____ _____:
word root and combining vowel
,In the divided medial term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o"
may be used as part of which word parts?
por- and -osis
The phrase, refers to or _____, is a generalized actual meaning (not a literal meaning) used
for the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um.
pertains to
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:
action taken, condition, or state
Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or
_____ .
distinction of the object from something else
Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with its combining vowel
or vowels) is called:
fracturing
The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:
viscer/o-
The abdominal cavity contains the:
liver
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means:
muscle
The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers to:
formation, growth or development
The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is:
eti/o
, The prefix that means "change or after" is:
meta-
The suffix that means "to control or stop" is:
-stasis
The medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by disease"
is:
path/o/logy
The combining form onc/o- means:
tumor
If a tumor is found to be benign, it is:
encapsulated, slow growing, and expansive
The medical term for new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is:
neoplasm
The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:
crab-like tumor "invades with crab-like leg growths"
The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is:
melano/carcin/oma
The term 'af/ferent' (as in sensory impulses) is defined as:
conveying toward the center
"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the
beginning of what famous oath?
Hippocratic Oath
If an infection is "Chronic" it is characterized by:
CORRECT ANWERS!!
The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of a word is the:
root word "stem word"
In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the:
word root or stem word
The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is
called a(n):
prefix
In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the:
suffix
The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the:
suffix
The most common combining vowel is:
'o'
In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the:
combining vowel "used with both the stem word and suffix"
In the divided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix and which part is the
suffix?
sub- and -ic
The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the _____
_____ and _____ _____:
word root and combining vowel
,In the divided medial term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o"
may be used as part of which word parts?
por- and -osis
The phrase, refers to or _____, is a generalized actual meaning (not a literal meaning) used
for the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um.
pertains to
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:
action taken, condition, or state
Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or
_____ .
distinction of the object from something else
Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with its combining vowel
or vowels) is called:
fracturing
The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:
viscer/o-
The abdominal cavity contains the:
liver
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means:
muscle
The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers to:
formation, growth or development
The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is:
eti/o
, The prefix that means "change or after" is:
meta-
The suffix that means "to control or stop" is:
-stasis
The medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by disease"
is:
path/o/logy
The combining form onc/o- means:
tumor
If a tumor is found to be benign, it is:
encapsulated, slow growing, and expansive
The medical term for new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is:
neoplasm
The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:
crab-like tumor "invades with crab-like leg growths"
The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is:
melano/carcin/oma
The term 'af/ferent' (as in sensory impulses) is defined as:
conveying toward the center
"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the
beginning of what famous oath?
Hippocratic Oath
If an infection is "Chronic" it is characterized by:
