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Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering basic word structure, combining forms, suffixes, prefixes, and pronunciation rules from Chapter 1.
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The four basic parts of a medical word—word root, combining form, suffix, and prefix—are known as __________.
ELEMENTS
In the diagram illustrating how medical terms are formed, the component shown beneath Word root is __________.
Combining forms
The main part or foundation of a medical word that gives the word its meaning is the __________.
word root
Root words in medical terminology are derived from the __________ or Greek language.
Latin
A combining form is a word root plus a combining vowel, which is usually an __________.
o
A combining vowel IS NOT used before a suffix that begins with a __________.
vowel
A combining vowel IS used to link one root to another root, even if the second root begins with a __________.
vowel
An element added to the END of a word root or combining form to modify its meaning is a __________.
suffix
Prefixes are attached to the beginning of words to indicate size, quantity, position, and __________.
location
When defining medical words, the first step is to define the __________ first.
suffix
In the term HEMAT/O/LOGY, the root "hemat" means __________.
blood
In the term GASTR/O/ENTER/O/LOGY, the root "enter" means __________.
intestines
In the medical term HYPO/GASTR/IC, the prefix "hypo-" means __________.
below
In the medical term EPI/GASTR/IC, the prefix "epi-" means __________.
above
The combining form "aden/o" means __________.
gland
The combining form "carcin/o" means __________.
cancerous, cancer
The combining form "cephal/o" means __________.
head
The combining form "encephal/o" means __________.
brain
The combining form "erythr/o" means __________.
red
The combining form "glyc/o" means __________.
sugar
The combining form "gnos/o" means __________.
knowledge
The combining form "gynec/o" means __________.
woman, female
The combining forms "hemat/o" and "hem/o" both mean __________.
blood
The combining form "hepat/o" means __________.
liver
The combining form "iatr/o" means __________.
treatment, physician
The combining form "leuk/o" means __________.
white
The combining forms "nephr/o" and "ren/o" both mean __________.
kidney
The combining form "onc/o" means __________.
tumor (cancerous)
The combining form "path/o" means __________.
disease
The combining form "ped/o" means __________.
child
The combining form "psych/o" means __________.
mind
The combining form "rhin/o" means __________.
nose
The combining form "sarc/o" means __________.
flesh
The suffix "-ectomy" means __________.
excision, removal
The suffix "-emia" means __________.
blood condition
The suffix "-genic" means pertaining to producing, produced by, or __________ in.
produced
The suffix "-oma" means __________.
tumor mass, swelling
The suffix "-opsy" means process of __________.
viewing
The suffix "-pathy" means __________.
disease condition
The suffix "-scopy" means process of __________ examining.
visually
The prefix "dia-" means complete or __________.
through
The prefix "endo-" means __________.
within
The prefix "peri-" means surrounding or __________.
around
The prefix "retro-" means __________.
behind
The prefix "trans-" means across or __________.
through
When a macron symbol is placed above a vowel, the vowel sound is __________.
long
When a breve symbol is placed above a vowel, the vowel sound is __________.
short