Exam 1: The Structure of Medical Language

The abbreviation for "diagnosis" is ________.

The suffix -ic means "pertaining to."

The suffix -osis means ________.

The patient's medical record is considered a legal document.

The surgeon performed a laryngectomy on the ________.

A prefix can be as small as a single letter.

Which syllable is the primary accented syllable in the medical word arthropathy?

The prefix re- means ________.

Which suffix indicates a surgical procedure?

The prefix hypo- means ________.

The combining form hepat/o- means "________."

The prefix dys- means ________.

The suffix -itis means ________.

Which word means "pertaining to the heart"?

The abbreviation for "physical examination" is ________.

The primary accented syllable in the word arthropathy (ar-thraw-pah-thee)is THEE.

The suffix -graphy means "procedure."

Which of these word part pairs has an opposite meaning?

To define a medical word that contains a combining form and a suffix,you put the meaning of the suffix first,followed by the meaning of the combining form.

Which combining form is related to a structure that might cause pain when you take a step?