Medical Terminology

Word roots or combining forms.

BASIC MEANING of the term.

Usually indicate

• position

• body part involved

• location

• condition

Prefixes usually indicate

• body part involved

• condition, disorder or disease

• all of the above

• location, time, number or status

Suffixes usually indicate

• location, time, or number

• procedure, condition, disorder or disease

• body part involved

• None of these

Roots shown with a combining vowel are called

example: Cardi/o

• word root

• combining form

• prefix

• suffix

the combining vowel is omitted if the suffix begins with a vowel.

• True

• False

Aden/o means

• skin

• gland

• heart

• stomach

Cardi/o means

• gland

• heart

• skin

• stomach

gastr/o means

• stomach

• skin

• heart

• gland

Enter/o means

• heart

• skin

• small intestine

• lungs

Dermat/o means

• heart

• small intestine

• skin

• lung