Terminology Ch.1

What term means inflammation of the liver? A. Hepatitis B. Subhepatic C. hepatomegaly

A. Hepatitis

A combining vowel is used to A. ease word pronunciation. B. modify the meaning of a word. C. make analyzing a word easier. D. make defining a word easier.

A. ease word pronunciation.

What does the term hepatic mean? A. pertaining to liver B. enlargement of the liver C. inflammation of the liver

A. pertaining to liver

A combining form is made up of a A. word root and a combining vowel. B. prefix and a combining vowel. C. combining vowel and a suffix. D. prefix and a word root.

A. word root and a combing vowel

Which of the following is a reason that some medical terms are not made from word parts? A. The word comes from Latin only B. The word cannot easily be translated C. The word comes from English

B The word cannot easily be translated

The word part that is attached to the end of a word root to modify its meaning is the A. combining vowel. B. suffix. C. word root. D. prefix.

B. Suffix

What does hepatomegaly mean? A. pertaining to the liver B. enlargement of the liver C. inflammation of the liver

B. enlargement of the liver

What term means disease of the bone? A. arthritis B. hepatitis C. osteopathy D. arthropathy

C osteopathy

Medical language includes terms built from which of the following languages? A. German and Russian B. Italian and French C. Greek and Latin D. Chinese and Japanese

C. Greek and Latin

The word part that is attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning is the A. word root. B. suffix. C. prefix. D. combining vowel.

C. Prefix

A term named for a person or a place, such as Alzheimer disease named for the physician who first described the symptoms as seen in a patient, is A. an acronym. B. built from the English language. C. an eponym. D. modern language.

C. an eponym.

When defining a medical term, one usually begins the definition with the A. word root. B. prefix. C. suffix. D. combining vowel.

C. suffix

A medical term formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase, which can be spoken as a whole word and usually contains a vowel, such as laser, is A. an eponym. B. modern language. C. built from the English language. D. an acronym.

D. an acronym

All medical terms have at least one A. prefix. B. combining vowel. C. suffix. D. word root.

D. word root

he word part that contains the fundamental meaning of the word is the A. prefix. B. word root. C. suffix. D. combining vowel.

Word root