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To earn dual credit for Medical terminology you will need to complete 2 pronunciation assignments as well as the 2 part terminology exams (this is part 1). *In addition to other course requirements*
In medical language, many words come from other languages, particularly Latin and ______________.
When a Latin singular noun ends in -us, form the plural by changing -us to ____________.
A prefix is an optional word part that is at the __________ of a word.
A suffix is a word part that modifies or clarifies the medical meaning of the combining form and is ___________ of the word.
The suffix -pathy means ______________.
_____________ is a sudden worsening in the severity of a disease.
Going up the arm from the wrist toward the shoulder is going in which direction?
The combining form melan/o- means
Tissue that is necrotic is
A patient with polydactyly would have
In dermabrasion, the combining form abras/o means
One type of tinea is commonly known as
is a semisolid mixture of partially digested food, saliva, digestive enzymes, and fluids in the stomach.
The combining form lingu/o- means "."
The combining form hepat/o- means "."
The medical word that means "pertaining to the stomach and intestines" uses which combining forms?
With coordinated contractions of its wall, the esophagus moves food toward the stomach. This process is known as
A condition of the gastrointestinal system that means difficult or painful eating or swallowing is
You can find a lumen in the small and large intestines. What is a lumen?
The adjective means pertaining to the heart and the lungs.
A combining form for lung is
_________________ is the term for listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope.
The meaning of the combining form spir/o- in the word spirometry is .
The drugs that suppress the cough center in the brain are drugs.
Pneumonia is actually
The divides the heart into right and left sides.
The irregularly shaped, central area in the thoracic cavity that lies between the lungs is the .
The definition of the combining form ven/o- is .
Contraction of the myocardium around the atria and ventricles is known as .
The arrhythmia in which the heart beats too slowly is called .
The combining form leuk/o- means .
The combining for erythr/o- means .
The combining form mon/o- means .
The process of platelets sticking to a damaged blood vessel wall and forming clumps is known as platelet .
The combining form cyt/o- means .
A bacterial infection that spreads to the blood is called .
What is the correct spelling for the tail bone?
The suffix -graphy means .
A fracture in which the bone edges break through the skin is known as .
A bone density test is recommended in order to test for .
Abduction is to ____________________.
The beginning of a muscle, where it attaches to the stationary bone, is the .
The prefix tri- as in triceps means .
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