Medical Terminology Review

A ____ is used at the BEGINNING of a word to indicate number, location, or time.

• suffix

• combining form

• word root

• prefix

A ____ is used at the END of a word to modify or vary the meaning.

• prefix

• suffix

• combining form

• word root

This is usually the general meaning of the medical term.

• prefix

• suffix

• combining form

• combining vowel

The ____ is the foundation of a word that contains its primary meaning.

• prefix

• suffix

• combining vowel

• word root

The main difference between the word root and the combining form is...

• the word root comes at the beginning of the term while the combining form comes at the end.

• the combining form contains the combining vowel.

• the word root comes at the end of the term while the combining form comes at the beginning.

• the word root is required in medical terms while the combining form is not.

Every medical term must have a _____.

• prefix

• combining form

• suffix

• combining vowel

Which of the following correctly builds the following term?

[lob/o] [hemi-] [-ectomy]

• hemiloboectomy

• hemiectomylobo

• hemilobectomy

• lobohemiectomy

How do you combine the following term?

[gastr/o] [-algia]

How do you build the following term?

[cardi/o] [-megaly]

The vowel that connects two word roots or a suffix with a word root is usually an ___.

• a

• e

• i

• o

• u