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Chapter 01: Simplified Medical Language
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The main body of a word is called a:
a. suffix.
b. word root.
c. combining vowel.
d. combining form.
ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms
2. Latin roots are used to write words naming and describing:
a. diseases.
b. conditions.
c. diagnosis.
d. structures of the body.
ANS: D REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms
3. When written alone, a prefix is usually followed by this to indicate that another word follows the prefix to
suffix.
b. comma.
c. hyphen.
d. word root.
ANS: C REF: p. 4 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes
4. A combining vowel is used:
a. when the suffix that follows begins with a consonant.
b. when the suffix that follows begins with a consonant.
c. when there is no prefix.
d. when there is a prefix.
ANS: A REF: p. 5 TOP: Combining Word Parts to Write Terms
5. Which word root is Greek for “stone”?
a. Psyche
b. Lithos
c. Oris
d. Cauda
ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms
6. The punctuation mark that designates a combining form is a:
a. comma.
b. parenthesis.
c. diagonal slash.
d. semicolon.
ANS: C REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms
7. The most frequently used combining vowel is:
a. o.
b. a.
c. i.
d. e.
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a. Word root
b. Prefix
c. Combining vowel
d. Suffix
ANS: D REF: p. 4 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes
11. Learning the meanings 0f w0rd parts:
a. is n0t imp0rtant as l0ng as every w0rd is mem0rized.
b. is 0ne 0f the m0st difficult tasks t0 master in health care.
c. sh0uld be d0ne 0nly if time all0ws.
d. eliminates the necessity 0f mem0rizing each new w0rd enc0untered.
ANS: D REF: p. 5 T0P: W0rd Parts
12. B0rr0wing 0f medical w0rds fr0m Latin 0r Green began ar0und the year:
a. 1500.
b. 1700.
c. 1800.
d. 1900.
ANS: A REF: p. 1 T0P: Simplifying Medical Terms
13. Latin and Green c0mbined are the 0rigin 0f what percentage 0f medical terms?
a. 40 %
b. 50 %
c. 70 %
d. 90 %
ANS: D REF: p. 1 T0P: Simplifying Medical Terms
14. The suffix “-itis” means:
a. excisi0n.
b. inflammati0n.
c. reverse.
d. repair.
ANS: B REF: p. 2 T0P: Prefixes and Suffixes
15. A c0mp0und w0rd is a w0rd in which tw0 0f what are c0mbined?
a. Suffixes
b. Prefixes
c. C0mbining v0wels
d. W0rd r00ts
ANS: D REF: p. 2 T0P: W0rd Parts
16. Ep0nyms are:
a. diseases, 0rgans, pr0cedures, 0r b0dily functi0ns named after a pers0n.
b. diseases, 0rgans, pr0cedures, 0r b0dily functi0ns named after a place.
c. always capitalized.
d. never capitalized.
ANS: B REF: p. 8 T0P: Pr0per Names
17. MD stands f0r:
a. m0dern d0ct0r.
b. medical dentistry.
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