Chapter 01: Basic Word Structure
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 12th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

	1.	Gastrectomy:
a.	Gastric resection	
b.	Intestinal incision	
c.	Tumor of the stomach	
d.	Incision of the stomach	
e.	Resection of the intestine	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 9	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	2.	Osteitis:
a.	Incision of a bone	
b.	Removal of a bone	
c.	Incision of a joint	
d.	Inflammation of a joint	
e.	Inflammation of a bone	

ANS:	E	REF:	p. 4, 11	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	3.	Cystoscopy:
a.	Study of cells	
b.	Visual examination of cells	
c.	Removal of a sac of fluid	
d.	Removal of the urinary bladder	
e.	Visual examination of the urinary bladder	

ANS:	E	REF:	p. 8	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	4.	Hepatoma:
a.	Incision of the kidney	
b.	Tumor of the liver	
c.	Blood mass	
d.	Inflammation of the liver	
e.	Red blood cell	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 13	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	5.	Iatrogenic:
a.	Pertaining to produced by treatment	
b.	Produced by the mind	
c.	Cancer producing	
d.	Pertaining to producing a tumor	
e.	Cutting into a tumor	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 10, 13	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	6.	Electroencephalogram:
a.	Record of electricity in the brain	
b.	Record of electricity in the heart	
c.	X-ray of the brain	
d.	Record of sound waves in the brain	
e.	X-ray of the heart and brain	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 9	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	7.	Diagnosis:
a.	Made after the prognosis	
b.	A guess as to the patient’s condition	
c.	A prediction of the course of treatment	
d.	Made on the basis of complete knowledge about the patient’s condition	
e.	A treatment of the patient	

ANS:	D	REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	8.	Cancerous tumor:
a.	Hematoma	
b.	Adenoma	
c.	Carcinoma	
d.	Carcinogenic	
e.	Neurotomy	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	9.	Microscopic examination of living tissue:
a.	Incision	
b.	Pathology	
c.	Biopsy	
d.	Autopsy	
e.	Resection	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	10.	Pertaining to the largest part of the brain:
a.	Cerebral	
b.	Cephalic	
c.	Renal	
d.	Cardiac	
e.	Neural	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 8	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	11.	Removal of a gland:
a.	Gastrotomy	
b.	Gastric	
c.	Hepatic resection	
d.	Nephric section	
e.	Adenectomy	

ANS:	E	REF:	p. 7, 13	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	12.	Decrease in numbers of red blood cells or hemoglobin within red blood cells:
a.	Anemia	
b.	Erythrocytosis	
c.	Thrombocytosis	
d.	Leukemia	
e.	Leukocytosis	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 14	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	13.	Pathologist is one who:
a.	Examines x-rays	
b.	Operates on the urinary tract	
c.	Performs autopsies and examines biopsies	
d.	Operates on the kidney	
e.	Treats diseases with chemicals	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 11	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	14.	Pain in a joint:
a.	Ostealgia	
b.	Arthritis	
c.	Osteoarthritis	
d.	Arthroalgia	
e.	Arthralgia	

ANS:	E	REF:	p. 7, 13	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	15.	Increase in number of malignant white blood cells:
a.	Leukocytosis	
b.	Leukemia	
c.	Erythremia	
d.	Thrombocytosis	
e.	Erythrocytosis	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 13	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	16.	Instrument to view the eye:
a.	Ophthalmoscopy	
b.	Opthalmoscope	
c.	Opthalmology	
d.	Ophthalmoscope	
e.	Opthalmoscopy	

ANS:	D	REF:	p. 11	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	17.	A platelet:
a.	Hematoma	
b.	Thrombosis	
c.	Leukocyte	
d.	Thrombocyte	
e.	Erythrocyte	

ANS:	D	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	18.	Abnormal condition of the mind:
a.	Physchosis	
b.	Psychosis	
c.	Psychogenic	
d.	Encephalopathy	
e.	Adenoma	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 12, 14	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	19.	Inflammation of the nose:
a.	Arthrosis	
b.	Hepatitis	
c.	Nephritis	
d.	Dermatosis	
e.	Rhinitis	

ANS:	E	REF:	p. 12-13	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	20.	Study of cells:
a.	Pathology	
b.	Cytology	
c.	Cystology	
d.	Dermatology	
e.	Hematology	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 9, 13	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	21.	Pertaining to through the liver:
a.	Subrenal	
b.	Transdermal	
c.	Transhepatic	
d.	Subhepatic	
e.	Hepatoma	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 10, 15	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	22.	Abnormal condition of the kidney:
a.	Neurologic	
b.	Neuralgia	
c.	Nephrotomy	
d.	Neural	
e.	Nephrosis	

ANS:	E	REF:	p. 10, 14	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	23.	Incision of a bone:
a.	Sarcoma	
b.	Pathogenic	
c.	Osteotomy	
d.	Ostectomy	
e.	Endoscopy	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 11, 14	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	24.	High level of sugar in the blood:
a.	Hematoma	
b.	Hypodermic	
c.	Hypoglycemia	
d.	Hyperglycemia	
e.	Hypogastric	

ANS:	D	REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

Select the term that is spelled correctly.

	25.	Resection of a kidney
a.	nefrotomy	
b.	nephrectomy	
c.	nephritis	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 10, 13	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	26.	Pertaining to produced by treatment:
a.	iatrogenic	
b.	iatragenic	
c.	itarogenic	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 10, 13	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	27.	Pertaining to the cerebrum:
a.	cerebrol	
b.	serebral	
c.	cerebral	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 8	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	28.	Cancerous tumor:
a.	carcinoma	
b.	carsinoma	
c.	karsinoma	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	29.	Collection of blood:
a.	hepatoma	
b.	hematoma	
c.	hepitoma	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	30.	High blood sugar:
a.	hypoglycemia	
b.	hyperglicemia	
c.	hyperglycemia	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	31.	Membrane surrounding the heart:
a.	perycardium	
b.	pericardium	
c.	pericardum	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 15	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	32.	Instrument to examine within:
a.	endoscope	
b.	endoskope	
c.	endoscopy	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 14-15	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	33.	Disease of the brain :
a.	encepholapathy	
b.	incephalopathy	
c.	encephalopathy	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 9, 14	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	34.	Inflammation of the urinary bladder:
a.	cytitis	
b.	cystitis	
c.	sistitis	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 8, 13	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.

	35.	arthr/o:
a.	gland	
b.	red	
c.	joint	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	36.	cyst/o:
a.	urinary bladder	
b.	cell	
c.	to secrete	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 8	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	37.	encephal/o:
a.	electricity	
b.	brain	
c.	cell	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 9	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	38.	aden/o:
a.	brain	
b.	gland	
c.	joint	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	39.	cyt/o:
a.	cerebrum	
b.	urinary bladder	
c.	cell	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 9	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	40.	carcin/o:
a.	cancer	
b.	to secrete	
c.	heart	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	41.	cephal/o:
a.	intestines	
b.	head	
c.	cell	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	42.	cerebr/o:
a.	cerebrum, largest part of the brain	
b.	head	
c.	cancer	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 8	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	43.	enter/o:
a.	flesh	
b.	stomach	
c.	intestine, usually small intestine	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 9	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	44.	hepat/o:
a.	liver	
b.	blood	
c.	kidney	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	45.	ped/o:
a.	bone	
b.	child	
c.	disease	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 11	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	46.	ren/o:
a.	nose	
b.	kidney	
c.	liver	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	47.	ur/o:
a.	disease	
b.	tumor	
c.	urine or urinary tract	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.

	48.	-gram:
a.	protein	
b.	blood condition	
c.	record	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 13	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	49.	-itis:
a.	blood condition	
b.	inflammation	
c.	excision; removal	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 13	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	50.	-opsy:
a.	instrument to visually examine	
b.	process of viewing	
c.	tumor; mass; swelling	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 13	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	51.	-oma:
a.	tumor; mass; swelling	
b.	condition	
c.	process of viewing	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 13	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	52.	-scopy:
a.	excision; removal	
b.	instrument to visually examine	
c.	process of visual examination	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 14	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	53.	-logy:
a.	process of study; study of	
b.	condition	
c.	protein	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 13	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

Select the correct meaning for the following prefixes.

	54.	hyper-:
a.	deficient; below; under; less than normal	
b.	surrounding; around	
c.	excessive; above; more than normal	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 15	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	55.	peri-:
a.	before; forward	
b.	surrounding; around	
c.	across; through	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 15	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	56.	epi-:
a.	into; in	
b.	outside of; outward	
c.	above; upon	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 15	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	57.	trans-:
a.	across; through	
b.	surrounding; around	
c.	before; forward	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 15	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	58.	hypo-:
a.	surrounding; around	
b.	deficient; below; under; less than normal	
c.	excessive; above; more than normal	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 15	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	59.	dia-:
a.	through; complete	
b.	self; own	
c.	behind	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 15	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

Select the correct combining form for the following terms.

	60.	Heart:
a.	carcin/o	
b.	cardi/o	
c.	crin/o	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	61.	Skin:
a.	derm/o	
b.	erythr/o	
c.	sarc/o	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 9	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	62.	Sugar:
a.	gnos/o	
b.	leuk/o	
c.	glyc/o	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	63.	X-rays:
a.	radi/o	
b.	path/o	
c.	onc/o	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	64.	Flesh:
a.	derm/o	
b.	rhin/o	
c.	sarc/o	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

Choose the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).

	65.	Arthrotomy:
a.	arth	
b.	ro	
c.	to	
d.	my	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 7, 14	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	66.	Cystoscopy:
a.	cys	
b.	tos	
c.	co	
d.	py	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 27	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	67.	Gastrectomy:
a.	gas	
b.	trec	
c.	to	
d.	my	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 28	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	68.	Endocrinology:
a.	endo	
b.	cri	
c.	nol	
d.	o	
e.	gy	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 28	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	69.	Neuralgia:
a.	neur	
b.	al	
c.	gi	
d.	a	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 29	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	70.	Pericarditis:
a.	per	
b.	i	
c.	car	
d.	di	
e.	tis	

ANS:	D	REF:	p. 7, 13, 15	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	71.	Ophthalmoscope:
a.	oph	
b.	thal	
c.	mo	
d.	scope	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 29	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	72.	Hepatoma:
a.	hep	
b.	a	
c.	to	
d.	ma	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 28	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	73.	Retrogastric:
a.	re	
b.	tro	
c.	gas	
d.	tric	

ANS:	C	REF:	p. 9, 13, 15	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	74.	Cytology:
a.	cy	
b.	tol	
c.	o	
d.	gy	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 27	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	75.	Select the term that is spelled correctly:
a.	luekocyte	
b.	leukocyte	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 29	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	76.	Select the term that is spelled correctly:
a.	neuralgia	
b.	nueralgia	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 29	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	77.	Select the term that is spelled correctly:
a.	erythrocyte	
b.	erthyrocyte	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 28	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	78.	Select the term that is spelled correctly:
a.	opthalmoscopy	
b.	ophthalmoscopy	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 11, 14	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	79.	Select the term that is spelled correctly:
a.	pathogenic	
b.	pathojenic	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 29	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	80.	Select the term that is spelled correctly:
a.	thrombocyte	
b.	thrombocyt	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 30	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	81.	Select the term that is spelled correctly:
a.	sacroma	
b.	sarcoma	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 30	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	82.	Select the term that is spelled correctly:
a.	psychology	
b.	physcology	

ANS:	A	REF:	p. 30	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	83.	Select the term that is spelled correctly:
a.	biospy	
b.	biopsy	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 13	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

	84.	Select the term that is spelled correctly:
a.	gynocology	
b.	gynecology	

ANS:	B	REF:	p. 28	OBJ:	Spell and pronounce terms.

MATCHING

Match the terms with their correct combining forms.
a.	psych/o	
b.	ophthalm/o	
c.	path/o	
d.	ren/o	
e.	rhin/o	
f.	radi/o	
g.	onc/o	
h.	sarc/o	
i.	thromb/o	
j.	ur/o	
k.	oste/o	
l.	sect/o	

	1.	Kidney

	2.	Disease

	3.	Eye

	4.	Nose

	5.	Flesh

	6.	Bone

	7.	Mind

	8.	Tumor

	9.	Clotting

	10.	Urinary tract

	11.	X-rays

	12.	To cut

	1.	ANS:	D	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	2.	ANS:	C	REF:	p. 11	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	3.	ANS:	B	REF:	p. 11	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	4.	ANS:	E	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	5.	ANS:	H	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	6.	ANS:	K	REF:	p. 11	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	7.	ANS:	A	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	8.	ANS:	G	REF:	p. 11	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	9.	ANS:	I	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	10.	ANS:	J	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	11.	ANS:	F	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	12.	ANS:	L	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

Match the terms with their correct definitions.
a.	adenopathy	
b.	arthralgia	
c.	biopsy	
d.	carcinogenic	
e.	cystoscopy	
f.	erythrocyte	
g.	gastrotomy	
h.	hematoma	
i.	hyperglycemia	
j.	iatrogenic	
k.	leukemia	
l.	leukocytosis	
m.	nephrectomy	
n.	neuralgia	
o.	oncologist	
p.	ophthalmoscope	
q.	osteitis	
r.	pathologist	
s.	prognosis	
t.	thrombocyte	

	13.	Pain of nerves

	14.	Inflammation of bone

	15.	Prediction about the outcome of treatment

	16.	Microscopic examination of living tissue

	17.	Blood cell that carries oxygen

	18.	Physician who specializes in drug treatment of cancerous tumors

	19.	Disease of a gland, actually refers to disease of lymph nodes; lymphadenopathy

	20.	Resection of a kidney

	21.	A platelet

	22.	Process of visual examination of the urinary bladder

	23.	Pertaining to an abnormal condition produced by a treatment

	24.	Incision of the stomach

	25.	Pertaining to producing cancer

	26.	An instrument to visually examine the eye

	27.	High blood sugar: diabetes mellitus

	28.	A physician who examines dead bodies to determine the cause of death

	29.	Pain of a joint

	30.	Mass or collection of blood

	31.	Slight increase in numbers of white blood cells as response to infection

	32.	Increase in abnormal, immature white blood cells; a malignant condition

	13.	ANS:	N	REF:	p. 10, 13	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	14.	ANS:	Q	REF:	p. 11, 13	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	15.	ANS:	S	REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	16.	ANS:	C	REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	17.	ANS:	F	REF:	p. 9	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	18.	ANS:	O	REF:	p. 11	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	19.	ANS:	A	REF:	p. 7, 14	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	20.	ANS:	M	REF:	p. 10, 13	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	21.	ANS:	T	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	22.	ANS:	E	REF:	p. 8	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	23.	ANS:	J	REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	24.	ANS:	G	REF:	p. 9	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	25.	ANS:	D	REF:	p. 7, 13	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	26.	ANS:	P	REF:	p. 11	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	27.	ANS:	I	REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	28.	ANS:	R	REF:	p. 11	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	29.	ANS:	B	REF:	p. 7, 13	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	30.	ANS:	H	REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	31.	ANS:	L	REF:	p. 14	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

	32.	ANS:	K	REF:	p. 13	OBJ:	Analyze medical terms.

Match the meanings with their correct terms.
a.	low levels of blood sugar	
b.	treatment of the mind	
c.	study of tumors	
d.	excision of the stomach	
e.	pertaining to producing cancer	
f.	abnormal condition (slight increase) of white blood cells	
g.	brain disease	
h.	abnormal condition of the skin	
i.	cancerous condition of white blood cells	
j.	pertaining to produced by treatment	

	33.	Encephalopathy

	34.	Carcinogenic

	35.	Oncology

	36.	Dermatosis

	37.	Psychiatry

	38.	Leukemia

	39.	Hypoglycemia

	40.	Iatrogenic

	41.	Gastric resection

	42.	Leukocytosis

	33.	ANS:	G	REF:	p. 9, 14	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	34.	ANS:	E	REF:	p. 7, 13	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	35.	ANS:	C	REF:	p. 11, 13	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	36.	ANS:	H	REF:	p. 9, 14	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	37.	ANS:	B	REF:	p. 10, 12, 14	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	38.	ANS:	I	REF:	p. 13	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	39.	ANS:	A	REF:	p. 10, 15	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	40.	ANS:	J	REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	41.	ANS:	D	REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	42.	ANS:	F	REF:	p. 14	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

COMPLETION

	1.	Write the meaning of the combining forms below arthr/o: __________

ANS:	joint

REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	2.	Write the meaning of the combining forms below encephal/o: __________

ANS:	brain

REF:	p. 9	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	3.	Write the meaning of the combining forms below aden/o: __________

ANS:	gland

REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	4.	cyt/o: __________

ANS:	cell

REF:	p. 9	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	5.	Write the meaning of the combining forms below carcin/o: __________

ANS:	cancer

REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	6.	Write the meaning of the combining forms below cephal/o: __________

ANS:	head

REF:	p. 7	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	7.	Write the meaning of the combining forms below hepat/o: __________

ANS:	liver

REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	8.	Write the meaning of the combining forms below ped/o: __________

ANS:	child

REF:	p. 11	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	9.	Write the meaning of the combining forms below ren/o: __________

ANS:	kidney

REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Learn basic word parts.

	10.	Give meanings for the following suffixes –gram __________

ANS:	record

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	11.	Give meanings for the following suffixes -itis __________

ANS:	inflammation

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Complete the following medical terms from their meanings:

	12.	Mass of blood: __________oma

ANS:	hemat

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	13.	White blood cell: __________cyte

ANS:	leuko

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	14.	Pain of nerves: neur__________

ANS:	algia

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	15.	Red blood cell: __________cyte

ANS:	erythro

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Give the meanings of the following medical terms:

	16.	peri-: __________

ANS:	surrounding

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	17.	epi-: __________

ANS:	above

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Complete the following medical terms from their meanings:

	18.	Prediction about the outcome of a disease; “before knowledge”: pro__________

ANS:	gnosis

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	19.	Inflammation of the kidney: __________itis

ANS:	nephr

REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	20.	Pertaining to producing disease: patho__________

ANS:	genic

REF:	p. 13	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	21.	Study of women and female reproductive diseases: __________ology

ANS:	gynec

REF:	p. 10	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	22.	Record of electricity in the brain: electro__________

ANS:	encephalogram

REF:	p. 9, 13	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	23.	Abnormal condition of clotting cells: thrombocyt__________

ANS:	osis

REF:	p. 12	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	24.	Examination of living tissue under a microscope: bi__________

ANS:	opsy

REF:	p. 14	OBJ:	Use word parts to build terms.

	25.	Pertaining to the largest part of the brain: __________al

ANS:	cerebr

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	26.	Tumor of a gland (benign): __________oma

ANS:	aden

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	27.	Inflammation of bone and joint: __________arthritis

ANS:	osteo

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Give the combining forms from the meanings below:

	28.	Heart: __________

ANS:	cardi/o

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	29.	Sugar: __________

ANS:	glyc/o

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	30.	X-rays: __________

ANS:	radi/o

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	31.	Mind: __________

ANS:	psych/o

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	32.	Nose: __________

ANS:	rhin/o

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	33.	Flesh: __________

ANS:	sarc/o

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Give the meanings from the prefixes or suffixes below:

	34.	-gram: __________

ANS:	record

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	35.	-globin: __________

ANS:	protein

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	36.	retro-: __________

ANS:	behind

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