MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY CHAPTER 1-3 | 2026/27 EXAM | WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS | LATEST PDF UPDATE

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY CHAPTER 1-3 | 2026/27 EXAM |
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS | LATEST PDF
UPDATE


-stomy - ANSWER-create an opening


communication


root - ANSWER-basic meaning of word


the part that modifies the prefixes and suffixes


-suffix - ANSWER-short word part(s) added after a root


prefix- - ANSWER-short word part(s) added before a root


myel - ANSWER-bone marrow


spinal cord


scler - ANSWER-hard


white part of the eye

, compound word - ANSWER-a word that contains more than one root


combining forms - ANSWER-vowels such as (a,e,o,i) are combined with a root


combining vowel - ANSWER-vowels such as (a,e,o,i) are added between a root
and a word part


pharynx - ANSWER-throat


thorax - ANSWER-chest


hem/o - ANSWER-blood


-rhage - ANSWER-bursting forth


men/o - ANSWER-menses - blood and other matter discharged from the uterus
at menstruation


-rhea - ANSWER-flow


discharge


-pnea - ANSWER-breath