Med Term Prefixes Review

What is the combining form in the medical term hypodermic?

• hyp/o

• derm/o

• der/mo

• dermis/o

The combining form "enter/o" in the term gastroenteritis means:

• liver.

• stomach.

• intestine.

• heart.

The patient reports she had trouble with diplopia, which means:

• she had blurred vision in both eyes.

• she had double vision.

• she had a lazy eye

• she had pain in both eyes.

Hypertension means the patient's blood pressure is:

• normal.

• above normal.

• below normal.

• toward normal.

What medical term was used to describe a patient who has never been pregnant?

• Primigravida

• Nulligravida

• Prenatal

• Postnatal

What does the prefix in the terms "prenatal" and "premature" mean?

• Before, in front of

• Middle

• Under; below; deficient

• Through, across

inter-

• false

• disease

• between

• narrow

steno-

• many

• end

• heat

• narrow

haplo-

• single

• gray

• dry

• half

hetero-

• outside of

• different, other

• false

• end