Review- Medical Terms

HEMAT / O

• blood
• tissue
• cell
• liver

hypo-

• less than normal
• Large
• Below
• Swallow

-ectomy

• Disease
• Excision, removal
• Specialist
• Vessel

-itis

• Condition
• Specialist
• Inflammation
• Study of

The foundation of a word is the?

• Combining vowel

• Combining form

• Root

• Prefix

Medical language includes terms built from which of the following languages?

•  German and Russian
•  Italian and French
• Greek and Latin
• Chinese and Japanese

The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of the word is the

• prefix
• word root
• an eponym
• modern language

The word part that is attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning is the

• word root
• suffix
• prefix
• combining vowel

A combining form is made up of a

•  word root and a combining vowel
•  prefix and a combining vowel
•  combining vowel and a suffix
•  prefix and a word root

What does "hepat/o" mean?

• Blood

• Flow

• liver

• Liquid