Medical Terminology

A combining form is developed when you combine

the following element with a combining vowel:

• Prefix

• Word root

• Suffix

• Compound word

• Noun suffix

Which of the following elements usually indicates a

procedure, condition, or disease:

• Prefix

• Word root

• Suffix

• Compound word

• Combining vowel

A prefix should not indicate which of the following:

• Direction

• Sense of negation

• Surgical procedure

• Number

• Position

When defining a medical term, which of the following

would be the first step:

• Define the suffix

• Define the prefix

• Define the middle

• Define the combining vowel

• Define the compound word

Cardi/o is an example of:

• Word root

• Combining form

• Combining vowel

• Suffix

• Prefix

Hyper- is an example of:

• Word root

• Combining form

• Combining vowel

• Suffix

• Prefix

A word root + a combining vowel is the definition of:

• Word root link

• Combining form

• Vowel modifier

• Word vowel

• Prefix

The most common combining vowel is:

• "o"

• "a"

• "e"

• "i"

• "u"

A word element located at the beginning of a word:

• macron

• prefix

• suffix

• combining vowel

• breve

Vowels marked with a macron indicate:

• short sound

• stress

• long sound

• silent letter

• capital