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Intro to Med Term Fill In The Blanks

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Question: Why is language useful and necessary?Answer: It allows health care professionals to be clear, communicate quickly, and provide to patients.
Question: What are the two languages that serve as the foundation of medical language?Answer: Greek &
Question: Lou Gehrig's Disease is an example of what derivative of the language? Answer: Eponym - epi (upon) + (name) = "to put a name to something"
Question: What word is derived from the Greek words acro (high, end) and (name) which translates to "make a name with the ends." One example would be, MRI.Answer:
Question: Who is considered to be the of western medicine?Answer: Hippocrates
Question: were the foundations of western medicine laid?Answer: Greece & Rome
Question: Born in AD 129, what man made some of the achievements of our understanding of the human body, how disease affects it, and how drugs work?Answer:
Question: What was the global language of the scientific revolution that allowed from England, Italy, Spain, Poland, and elsewhere to talk to one another?Answer:
Question: True or False: Latin and Greek provide an excellent for medical terminology because dead languages do not change?Answer: True, by using dead language there is no worry that words will change meaning .
Question: What does the letter C make (before a, o, u)?Answer: : Cardiac (KAR-dee-ak)
Question: What does the letter C make (before e, i, y)?Answer: : Cephalic (seh-FAL-ik), Cyst (SIST)
Question: What does CH make?Answer: : Chiropractor (KAI-roh-PRAK-tor)
Question: What does the letter G make (before a, o, u)?Answer: : Gamma (GAH-mah)
Question: What does the letter G make (before e, i, y)?Answer: J Example: (jen-ET-ik)
Question: What does PH make?Answer: : Pharmacy (FAR-mah-see)
Question: What does PN make?Answer: N Example: (noo-MOHN-yah)
Question: What does PT make?Answer: : Pterigium (teh-RIH-jee-um)
Question: What does RH, RRH, make?Answer: : Hemorrhage (HEH-moh-rig)
Question: What does X make?Answer: Z Example: (ZAN-ex), Xeroderma (ZER-oh-DER-mah)
Question: What is the name of the last ?Answer: Ultima
Question: What is the name of the -to-last syllable? Answer: "almost the last"
Question: What is the name of the -to-last syllable?Answer: Antepenult "the one before the one that is the last"
Question: Which syllable do you emphasize when medical terms?Answer: the third-to-last "Antepenult" Example: Cardiac (KAR-dee-ak), Cardiology, (kar-dee-AW-loh-jee), (co-lon-AW-skoh-pee)
Question: What is the foundation or of the term?Answer: The Root
Question: What is the that gives essential meaning to the term?Answer: Suffix
Question: What is added to the of the term when needed to further modify the root?Answer:
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: /o (AR-throh)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: /o (KAR-dee-oh)
Question: What is the root word for Intestine?Answer: /o (EN-ter-oh)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: /o (GAS-tro)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: /o (he-PAH-toh)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: Neur/o (NUR-oh)
Question: What is the root word(s) for ?Answer: Hem/o and /o (HEE-moh) (heh-MAH-toh)
Question: What is the root word(s) for ?Answer: My/o and /o (MAI-oh) (MUS-kyoo-loh)
Question: Angi/o, (AN-gee-oh) Vas/o, (VAS-oh) and /o (VAS-kyoo-loh) are all root words for what?Answer: Vessel, (most commonly to blood vessel)
Question: Derm/o, (DER-moh) Dermat/o, (der-MAH-toh) and Cutane/o (kyoo-TAY-nee-oh) are all root for what?Answer: Skin
Question: /o, (NOO-moh) Pneumon/o, (noo-MAW-noh) and Pulmon/o (PUL-maw-noh) are all root words for what?Answer: Lung
Question: What is the root word for or Cause?Answer: gen/o (JIN-oh)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: hydr/o (HAI-droh)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: /o (MOR-foh)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: myc/o (MAI-koh)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: Necr/o (NEH-kroh)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: /o (OR-thoh)
Question: What is the root word for / Disease?Answer: Path/o (PAH-thoh)
Question: What is the root word for Eat?Answer: Phag/o (FAY-goh)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: Plas/o (PLAH-soh)
Question: What is the root word for Pus?Answer: Py/o (PAI-oh)
Question: What is the root word for Hard?Answer: /o (SKLEH-roh)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: Sten/o (STIH-noh)
Question: What is the root word for / Development?Answer: /o (TROH-foh)
Question: What is the root word for ?Answer: Xen/o (ZEE-noh)
Question: What is the definition of the "-ac"Answer: pertaining to : Cardiac
Question: What is the of the suffix "-al"Answer: pertaining to Example:
Question: What is the of the suffix "-ar"Answer: pertaining : Muscular
Question: What is the definition of the "-ary"Answer: pertaining to Example:
Question: What is the definition of the "-eal"Answer: pertaining to Example:
Question: What is the definition of the "-ic"Answer: pertaining : Medic
Question: What is the of the suffix "-tic"Answer: pertaining to : Neurotic
Question: What is the definition of the "-ous"Answer: to Example: Subcutaneous
Question: What is the definition of the Suffix(s): -ia (ee-ah), and -ism (ih-zum), that the root into nouns?Answer: condition Example: pneumonia,
Question: What is the definition of the -ium (ee-um), that turns the root into nouns?Answer: tissue, structure Example:
Question: What is the of the Suffix -y (ee), that turns the root into nouns?Answer: , procedure Example: hypertrophy
Question: Ventricle, Arteriole, , & Uvula, are all words that have what kind of suffix(s)?Answer: (Small)
Question: What does -icle mean?Answer:
Question: What does -ole mean?Answer:
Question: What does -ule mean?Answer:
Question: What does -ula mean?Answer:
Question: What does the -iatrics mean?Answer: science
Question: What does the -iatrist mean?Answer: specialist in of
Question: What does the -ist mean?Answer:
Question: What does the -logist mean?Answer: specialist in the of
Question: What does the -logy mean?Answer: of
Question: What is the of the Suffix(s) -algia and -dynia?Answer: pain
Question: What does -cele to?Answer: hernia
Question: What does -emia mean?Answer: condition
Question: What does -iasis mean?Answer: presence
Question: What is -itis?Answer:
Question: What does -lysis mean?Answer: loosen, down
Question: What is -malacia?Answer: abnormal
Question: What is -megaly?Answer:
Question: What does -oid mean?Answer:
Question: What does -oma mean?Answer:
Question: What does -osis mean?Answer:
Question: What does -pathy mean?Answer:
Question: What does -penia mean?Answer:
Question: What does -ptosis mean?Answer:
Question: What does -rrhage, or -rrhagia mean?Answer: excessive
Question: What does -rrhea mean?Answer:
Question: What does -rrhexis mean?Answer:
Question: What does -spasm mean?Answer: involuntary
Question: When it comes to what is the suffix -centesisAnswer:
Question: When it to testing what does is the suffix -gramAnswer: record
Question: When it comes to testing what does is the -graphAnswer: instrument used to a record
Question: When it comes to what does is the suffix -graphyAnswer: procedure
Question: When it to testing what does is the suffix -meterAnswer: instrument used to
Question: When it comes to testing what does is the -metryAnswer: of measuring
Question: When it comes to testing what does is the -scopeAnswer: instrument used to
Question: When it to testing what does is the suffix -scopyAnswer: of looking
Question: When it to treatment what does is the suffix -desisAnswer: binding or
Question: When it comes to what does is the suffix -ectomyAnswer: removal
Question: When it comes to what does is the suffix -pexyAnswer: fixation
Question: When it to treatment what does is the suffix -plastyAnswer: reconstruction
Question: When it to treatment what does is the suffix -rrhaphyAnswer: suture
Question: When it comes to what does is the suffix -stomyAnswer: of an opening
Question: When it comes to treatment what does is the -tomyAnswer:
Question: What is the form of -aAnswer: -ae
Question: What is the form of -axAnswer: -aces
Question: What is the form of -exAnswer: -ices
Question: What is the form of -ixAnswer: -ices
Question: What is the form of -isAnswer: -es
Question: What is the form of -maAnswer: -mata
Question: What is the form of -onAnswer: -a
Question: What is the form of -umAnswer: -a
Question: What is the form of -usAnswer: -i
Question: What is the form of -yAnswer: -ies
Question: What does the prefix a- or an- mean?Answer:
Question: What does the prefix anti- or contra- mean?Answer: against
Question: What does the prefix de- mean?Answer: down, away
Question: What does the ante- or pre- mean?Answer: before
Question: What does the pro- mean?Answer: before, on behalf
Question: What does the brady- mean?Answer: slow
Question: What does the tachy- mean?Answer:
Question: What does the post-Answer:
Question: What does the re- mean?Answer:
Question: What does the prefix ab- mean?Answer: away
Question: What does the prefix ad- mean?Answer:
Question: What does the directional (s) circum- or peri- mean?Answer:
Question: What does the prefix(s) dia- or trans- mean?Answer:
Question: What does the directional (s) e-, ec-, ex- mean?Answer: out
Question: What does the prefix(s) ecto-, exo-, extra- mean?Answer: outside
Question: What does the directional prefix(s) en-, endo-, - mean?Answer: in,
Question: What does the prefix epi- mean?Answer: upon
Question: What does the prefix sub- mean?Answer: beneath
Question: What does the prefix inter-mean?Answer:
Question: What is the of bi-Answer: two
Question: What is the quantity of hemi, or Answer: half
Question: What does - mean?Answer:
Question: What does hypo- mean?Answer:
Question: What does - mean?Answer: large
Question: What does - mean?Answer: small
Question: What is the of mono-Answer:
Question: What is the quantity of -Answer:
Question: What is the of pan-Answer: all
Question: What is the quantity of poly- or -Answer: many
Question: What does con-, syn-, or sym- mean?Answer: with,
Question: What does dys- mean?Answer:
Question: What does eu- mean?Answer:
Question: To figure out the definition of a term what 3 steps should you follow in to interpret?Answer: first then the Prefix (if present) then the Root or Roots
Question: The term (cardio / logy) is defined as what?Answer: study of the
Question: The term hepatitis (hepat / itis) is as what?Answer: inflammation of the
Question: The term myalgia (my / ) is defined as what?Answer: pain of
Question: The term osteotomy (osteo / tomy) is as what?Answer: incision into a
Question: The term (angi / ectomy) is defined as what?Answer: surgical removal of a
Question: The term arthritis (arthr / itis) is as what?Answer: inflammation of the
Question: What is the definition of the term ?Answer: of a blood vessel (angio / scler / osis)
Question: What is the of the term cardiopulmonary?Answer: pertaining to the and lungs (cardio / pulmon / ary)
Question: What is the definition of the term ?Answer: skin cause by fungus (dermato / myc / osis)
Question: What is the of the term dysentery?Answer: name for severe diarrhea (dys / enter / y)
Question: What is the of the term hepatosplenomegaly?Answer: enlargement of the liver and (hepato / spleno / megaly)
Question: What is the definition of the term ?Answer: condition (hyper / plas / ia)
Question: What is the of the term hypoglycemia?Answer: characterized by low sugar in the blood (low blood sugar) (hypo / glyc / emia)
Question: What is the definition of the term ?Answer: bone tumor (osteo / carcin / oma)
Question: What is the definition of the term ?Answer: of the bone marrow (osteo / myel / itis)
Question: What is the definition of the term ?Answer: tissue the heart (peri / card / ium)
 
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