Introduction to Medical Terminology/Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes

The abbreviation ETOH means:

• Marijuana

• Cocaine

• Heroin

• Alcohol

A combining form is:

• A prefix and a consonant

• A root and a prefix

• A root and a combining vowel

• Two roots together

A word part that always come after a root is a(n)

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Consonant

• Combining form

Study of the heart :

• Cardiomegaly

• Cardiomyopathy

• Cardiology

• Pericarditis

In the word xiphoid the -oid is a:

• root

• prefix

• suffix

• a combining form

The term musculoskeletal is a (n);

• abbreviation

• word root

• combining form

• compound word

The combining form for thorax (chest) is:

• thorac/o

• thorax/o

• thor/o

• thori/o

Neuritis means:

• pain in a nerve

• removal of a nerve

• inflammation of a nerve

• laceration of a nerve

Inflammation of the stomach is written as follows:

• Gastroplegia

• Gastrosis

• Gastritis

• Gastroectomy

Neurology means:

• Inflammation of the nerve

• Study of the nervous system

• Pain in a nerve

• Surgical removal of a nerve