Basic Elements

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Questions regarding suffixes and a few on word roots and combining forms for medical terminology class.

If I say my patient has –algia (suffix) what do they have?

Suffix

Word root

Combining form

Prefix

True

False

it combines a word root with a vowel

it is at the end of a word

it is at the beginning of a word

it is the foundation of a medical term and contains its primary meaning

Arthr/o is an example of a:

Suffix

Word root

Combining form

Prefix

-scope is a prefix

True

False

What is a word root?

it combines a word root with a vowel

it is at the end of a word

it is at the beginning of a word

it is the foundation of a medical term and contains its primary meaning