Medical Terminology
A combining form is a word root and its suffix.
False
Combining vowels are translated as "pertaining to."
False
Prefixes add meaning to a term such as a disease.
False
The most common combining vowel is i.
False
The only word part found in every medical term is a word root.
False
Using one's own abbreviations is a good way to save time.
False
acute care hospital
Provides services for a short period of time
HIPAA sets federal standards to protect a patient's medical record.
True
Healthcare professionals have to be careful because some terms have the same beginning sound but are spelled differently.
True
It is possible to build a medical term from only a prefix and a suffix.
True
Many terms have alternate pronunciations.
True
Suffixes add meaning to a term such as a procedure.
True
The word root is the foundation of a medical term.
True
history and physical
Written by admitting physician, includes ini- tial diagnoses
