Elements of a Medical Term are the:
INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF THE WORD
Medical Language came mostly from which 2 roots?
LATIN AND GREEK
The prefix is:
THE BEGINNING OF SOME WORDS
The core element of any term is its:
ROOT
Which of the following elements is the root for the word DERMATITIS?
DERMAT-
Which of the following are the roots for the Medical Term ATHROSCOPY and RESPIRATORY
ARTHR- AND RESPIR-
The word element CARD- is an example of a:
ROOT
The suffix is:
FOUND AT THE END OF THE WORD
ENDOCARDITIS: What is the root and what does the root mean?
THE ROOT IS CARD-
IT MEANS HEART
What are the roots in the words GYNECOLOGY, ARTHROSCOPY, and HYPOGASTRIC?
GYNEC-
ARTHR-
GASTR-
GASTROENTEROLOGY is an example of a Medical Term that has 2 what?
COMBINING FORMS
ARTHROSCOPY~ What does the combining form mean?
JOINT
GASTROENTEROLOGY~ What does the combining form ENTER/O refer to?
INTESTINES
GYNEC/O is an example of?
A COMBINATION OF THE ROOT AND A COMBINING VOWEL
HYPERGASTRIC refers to the?
STOMACH
DERMAT- refers to the?
SKIN
Combination of a root and a combining vowel is?
COMBINING FORM
Medical term that refers to the process of Breathing?
RESPIRATORY
CPR is the abbreviation for?
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
PNEUMOTHORAX has more than one of which word element?
ROOT
The most common combining vowel is?
O
A root with a combining vowel added to it is called?
COMBINING FORM
The word element -SCOPY is an example of?
SUFFIX