Ch. 1 Medical Terminology Test Review

•Knowing the meanings of common _____ _____ can help you decode the meanings of words

• body parts

• word sections

• word parts

•____ _____—the central part of a medical word

• prefix

• root word

• combining vowel

Medical Terminology may be considered a language.

• True

• False

•Suffix—a single letter or group of letters attached to the ____________ of a root word.

• end

• front

• middle

•Prefix—a single letter or group of letters attached to the ________ of a root word

• front

• end

• middle

The suffix -algia means?

• blood

• cell

• pain

READING A MEDICAL TERM

1.Identify word parts

2.Find the meaning of each word part

3.Put meanings together to form a definition.

hypo- + glyc + -emia = hypoglycemia

Which word part is glyc ?

• prefix

• sufix

• root word

What does the prefix hypo- refer to?

• “Over”

• “Under”

• “Between”

• “Equal”

Which of these prefixes indicates against?

• “ad-”

• “ana-”

• “ab-”

• “anti-”

Which word part can tell the reader: how, why, where, when, how much, how many, position, direction, time, or status?

• Prefix

• Root Word

• Suffix