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AND EASY MEDICAL

TERMINOLOGY 9TH

EDITION BY LEONARD 2 / 4

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Chapter 01: Simplified Medical Language

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The main body of a word is called a:

• suffix.
• word root.
• combining vowel.
• combining form.

ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms

2. Latin roots are used to write words naming and describing:

• diseases.
• conditions.
• diagnosis.
• structures of the body.

ANS: D REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms

• When written alone, a prefix is usually followed by this to indicate that another word follows the prefix to

suffix.

• comma.
• hyphen.
• word root.

ANS: C REF: p. 4 TOP: Prefixes and Suffixes

4. A combining vowel is used:

• when the suffix that follows begins with a consonant.
• when the suffix that follows begins with a consonant.
• when there is no prefix.
• when there is a prefix.

ANS: A REF: p. 5 TOP: Combining Word Parts to Write Terms

• Which word root is Greek for “stone”?
• Psyche
• Lithos
• Oris
• Cauda

ANS: B REF: p. 2 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms

6. The punctuation mark that designates a combining form is a:

• comma.
• parenthesis.
• diagonal slash.
• semicolon.

ANS: C REF: p. 3 TOP: Word Roots and Combining Forms

7. The i most i frequently i used i combining i vowel i is:

• o.
• a.
• i.
• e.

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• Word i root
• Prefix
• Combining i vowel
• Suffix

ANS: i D i REF: i p. i 4 TOP: i Prefixes i and i Suffixes

11. Learning i the i meanings i of i word i parts:

• is i not i important i as i long i as i every i word i is i memorized.
• is i one i of i the i most i difficult i tasks i to i master i in i health i care.
• should i be i done i only i if i time i allows.
• eliminates i the i necessity i of i memorizing i each i new i word i encountered.

ANS: i D i REF: i p. i 5 TOP: i Word i Parts

• Borrowing i of i medical i words i from i Latin i or i Green i began i around i the i year:
• 1500.
• 1700.
• 1800.
• 1900.

ANS: i A i REF: i p. i 1 TOP: i Simplifying i Medical i Terms

• Latin i and i Green i combined i are i the i origin i of i what i percentage i of i medical i terms?
• 40 i %
• 50 i %
• 70 i %
• 90 i %

ANS: i D i REF: i p. i 1 TOP: i Simplifying i Medical i Terms

14. The i suffix i “-itis” i means:

• excision.
• inflammation.
• reverse.
• repair.

ANS: i B i REF: i p. i 2 TOP: i Prefixes i and i Suffixes

• A i compound i word i is i a i word i in i which i two i of i what i are i combined?
• Suffixes
• Prefixes
• Combining i vowels
• Word i roots

ANS: i D i REF: i p. i 2 TOP: i Word i Parts

16. Eponyms i are:

• diseases, i organs, i procedures, i or i bodily i functions i named i after i a i person.
• diseases, i organs, i procedures, i or i bodily i functions i named i after i a i place.
• always i capitalized.
• never i capitalized.

ANS: i B i REF: i p. i 8 TOP: i Proper i Names

17. MD i stands i for:

• modern i doctor.
• medical i dentistry.
• doctor i of i medicine

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