Exam 1: Introduction to Medical Terminology

Which combining form means to cut?

Which combining form means heart?

A prefix that means painful or difficult is ________.

Which of the following suffixes does NOT refer to a surgical procedure?

Which healthcare setting provides care for patients who need extra time to recover from an illness or who can no longer care for themselves?

A Pathologist's Report gives the results of the examination of tissue removed from a patient.

Which of the following suffixes means narrowing?

A prefix that means new is ________.

Which of the following records the patient's care throughout the day?

The suffix -ectomy means to surgically repair.

The combining form that means kidney is ________.

A suffix that means cutting into is ________.

A suffix that means surgical removal is ________.

Which of the following healthcare specialists do NOT report information regarding a patient in an Ancillary Report?

The prefix per- means beside.

The combining form that means female is ________.

List and describe the four word parts used to build medical terms.

A suffix that means tumor or mass is ________.

Terms ending in -a are pluralized by simply adding an -e to the end of the term.

The suffixes -iasis and -osis have the same meaning.