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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
CHAPTER 1 REVIEW
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SUFFIX FOR HEPATITIS
Definition
-ITIS
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WHAT IS AN ACRONYM
Definition

ABBRIEVATION

EXAMPLE: AIDS

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COMBINING VOWEL IN THE TERM HEPATOLOGY
Definition
O
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PREFIX THAT MEANS SLOW
Definition
BRADY-
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SUFFIX FOR -SCOPY
Definition
USE OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR VIEWING
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COMBINING FORM IN THE TERM MAMMOGRAM
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MAMM/O
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WHAT IS A PREFIX
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WORD PART THAT IS AFFIXED TO THE BEGINNING OF A WORD

EXAMPLE

BRADYCARDIA

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CORRECT SPELLING
Definition
PHONETIC
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IDENTIFY THE SUFFIX IN THE TERM CARDIOLOGY
Definition
-LOGY
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WORD PART THAT PROVIDES THE PRIMARY MEANING OF THE TERM
Definition
ROOT
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CEREBRAL
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MED TERM THAT MEANS PERTAINING TO THE BRAIN
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MEDICAL TERM USING THE ROOT NEUR. WHAT SUFFIX WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO USE A COMBINING VOWEL
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-TIC
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IN THE TERM WILMS' TUMOR, WILMS' IS AN EXAMPLE OF A
Definition
NONCONSTRUCTED TERM
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-ECTOMY
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SUFFIX THAT MEANS  SURGICAL EXCISION (REMOVAL)
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CORRECT SPELLING
Definition
HEPATOLOGY
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COMBINING FORM IN THE TERM LARYNGOSCOPY
Definition
LARYNG/O
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COMBINING FORM THAT MEANS HEART
Definition
CARDI/O
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COMBINING FORM IN THE TERM ANTIBIOTIC
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BI/O
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MEANING OF THE PREFIX ANTI-
Definition
AGAINST
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PREFIX THAT MEANS SMALL
Definition
MICRO-
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CARDI IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WORD PART?
Definition
WORD ROOT
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COMBINING FORM MEANS NOSE
Definition
RHIN/O
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MEDICAL TERM FOR PSYCHOLOGY
Definition
STUDY OF THE MIND
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IN MOST CASES, THE COMBINING VOWEL IS THE LETTER
Definition
O
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MANY MEDICAL TERMS ARE MADE OF MULTIPLE WORD PARTS COMBINED TOGETHER. THESE ARE CALLED?
Definition
CONSTRUCTED TERMS
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TERMS THAT DERIVED FROM THE NAMES OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE ARE CALLED
Definition
EPONYMS
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SUFFIX THAT MEANS PERTAINING TO
Definition
-AL / -TIC / -IC /
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SUFFIX THAT MEANS STUDY OF
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-LOGY
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COMBINING FORM THAT MEANS WHITE
Definition
LEUK/O
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WORD PART THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE WORD
Definition
SUFFIX
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PREFIX IN THE TERM ANTIBIOTIC
Definition
ANTI-
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SUFFIX IN THE TERM ANTIBIOTIC
Definition
-TIC
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