Medical Language Chapter 1 Review – Flashcards
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BEGINS WITH A HYPHEN
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SUFFIX
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CONTAINS THE MAIN MEANING OF A MEDICAL WORD
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COMBINING FORM
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ENDS WITH A COMBINING VOWEL
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COMBINING FORM
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ALWAYS POSITIONED AT THE END OF A MEDICAL WORD
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SUFFIX
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IF PRESENT, IT IS ALWAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF A MEDICAL WORD
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PREFIX
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WHEN THERE IS NO PREFIX, THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF A MEDICAL WORD
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COMBINING FORM
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T OR F: THE THREE WORD PARTS IN MED LANGUAGE ARE SPELLING, READING AND GREEK
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FALSE (combining form, suffix and sometimes prefix)
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T OR F: EVERY MEDICAL WORD CONTAINS A PREFIX
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FALSE (when there is no prefix, medical word begins with combining form)
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T OR F: THE SUFFIX IS THE FOUNDATION OF A MEDICAL WORD
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FALSE (the combining form is the foundation)
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T OR F: YOU CAN FORM THE PLURAL OF A LATIN SINGULAR NOUN THAT ENDS IN -A BY CHANGING THE -A TO -AE
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TRUE
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T OR F: A ROOT AND A COMBINING VOWEL TOGETHER FORM A MEDICAL WORD
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FALSE (it forms a combining word, not full medical term)
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T OR F: THE SUFFIXES -AC AND -AL BOTH MEAN PERTAINING TO
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TRUE
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T OR F: ALL MEDICAL WORDS ORIGINALLY COME FROM MEDICAL WORDS
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FALSE (they come from Latin AND Greek)
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NAME THE THREE PARTS USED TO BUILD MEDICAL WORDS
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COMBINING VOWEL, PREFIX, SUFFIX
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NAME THE FIVE MED LANGUAGE SKILLS NEEDED FOR SUCCESFUL COMMUNICATION
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READING, LISTENING, THINKING/ANALYZING/UNDERSTANDING, WRITING/SPELLING, SPEAKING/PRONOUNCING
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THE TWO COMBINING FORMS FOR SKIN
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CUTANE/O- and DERM/O-
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THE TWO COMBINING FORMS FOR INTESTINE
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INTESTIN/O- and ENTER/O-
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THE TWO COMBINING FORMS FOR MIND
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PSYCH/O- and MENT/O-
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PREFIX THAT HAS THE OPPOSITE MED MEANING OF HYPO-
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HYPER-
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OPPOSITE MEDICAL MEANING OF EPI-
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SUB
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PREFIX THAT HAS THE OPPOSITE MEDICAL MEANING OF PRE-
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POST
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A LATIN SINGULAR NOUN ENDING IN -A IS PLURALIZED BY CHANGING -A TO THIS
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-AE
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A LATIN SINGULAR NOUN ENDING IN -US IS PLURALIZED BY CHANGING -US TO THIS
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-I (the three exceptions are fetus, sinus and virus which become fetuses, sinuses and viruses)
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WHEN A LATIN SINGULAR NOUN ENDS IN - UM IT IS PLURALIZED BY CHANGING -UM TO THIS
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-A
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WHEN A LATIN SINGULAR NOUN ENDS IN -IS IT IS PLURALIZED BY CHANGING -IS TO THIS
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-ES
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WHEN A LATIN SINGULAR NOUN ENDS IN -EX IT IS PLURALIZED BY CHANGING -EX TO THIS
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-ICES
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WHEN A LATIN SINGULAR NOUN ENDS IN -IX IT IS PLURALIZED BY CHANGING -IX TO THIS
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-ICES
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WHEN A GREEK SINGLUAR NOUN ENDING IN -IS IS PLURALIZED, -IS IS CHANGED TO THIS
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-IDES
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WHEN A GREEK SINGULAR NOUN ENDING IN -NX IS PLURALIZED, -NX IS CHANGED TO THIS
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-NGES
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WHEN A GREEK SINGULAR NOUN ENDING IN -OMA IS PLURALIZED, -OMA IS CHANGED TO THIS
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-OMATA
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WHEN A GREEK SINGULAR NOUN ENDING IN -ON IS PLURALIZED, -ON IS CHANGED TO THIS
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-A
