Intro Medical Terminology

Which of the following is the foundation of a medical word?

• Syllable

• Root Word

• Prefix

• Suffix

Medical terminology is derived from Greek or Latin?

• True

• False

Which letter is often used as a combining vowel at the end of most words?

• "a"

• "e"

• "y"

• "o"

Which of the following come before the root word?

• Suffix

• Syllable

• Prefix

• Compound word

Compound words must be joined by a combining vowel?

• True

• False

The common measurement prefix hyper means....

• excessive

• least

• equal to

• none of the above

The conditional prefix "dys" means....

• bad

• painful

• difficult

• all of the above

These are incomplete words containing a root word, prefix or suffix with a combining vowel....

• compound word

• combining forms

• combining vowel

• all of the above

The prefix "sub" means around?

• True

• False

What does the prefix anti mean?

• without

• within

• around

• against