An example of an eponym is a medical term named after a famous patient who had the disease. True or False.

True

An example of an eponym is a medical term named after a famous patient who had the disease.

• roo
• rhee-yoo

roo

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oncology

• on
• col
• o
• gy

col

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MRI is an example of an eponym.

False

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Latin and Greek provide an excellent basis for medical terminology because dead languages do not change.

True

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pterion

• tir
• puh-tir

tir

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dermatology

• jee
• gee

jee

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catheter

• cath
• e
• ter

cath

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Medical language allows health care professionals to comfort patients because

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• it communicates a sense that the health care professionals are in control of the situation.
• it lets the patients know that the health care professionals are not caught off guard by the symptoms at hand.
• it lets the patients know that the health care professionals know what is going on.
• all of these.

all of these.

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xerosis

• zer
• ex-er

zer

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Greek and Latin provide the basis of the language of medicine because Western medicine has its foundations in the Greek and Roman cultures.

True

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Acronyms are used to say things more quickly.

True

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cornea

• cor
• ne
• a

cor

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anemia

• a
• ne
• mi
• a

ne

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encephalitis

• kep-ah
• sef-ah

sef-ah

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pneumatocele

• noo
• puh-noo

noo

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pneumatocele

• keel
• seel

seel

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cholera

• cho
• ler
• a

cho

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dermatology

• der
• ma
• tol
• o
• gy

tol

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cholera

• kaw
• choh

kaw

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collagen

• col
• la
• gen

col

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digit

• jit
• git

jit

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optometry

• op
• tom
• e
• try

tom

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cirrhosis

• kir-hoh
• sir-oh

sir-oh

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catheter

• kath
• sath

kath

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cuticle

• kyoo
• suh

kyoo

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A dead language is a language that people do not like to hear or speak anymore because it is no longer useful to a society.

False

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cystic fibrosis

• kis
• sis

sis

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gonad

• joh
• goh

goh

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gag reflex

• jag
• gag

gag

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Some other sources of medical language include eponyms, acronyms, and modern languages.

True

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cuticle

• cu
• ti
• cle

cu

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geneticist

• kist
• sist

sist

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rheumatoid multiple choice

• rheu
• ma
• toid

rheu

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The first people to systematically study the human body and develop theories about health and disease were the ancient Greeks.

True

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Medical language allows health care professionals to be clear because

• few people really understand medical terminology, so at least everyone is speaking the same way.
• health care professionals are in control of the situation and don’t want to scare patients with a language that they could understand.
• we live in a multicultural society with a variety of languages, and medical language is a way of speaking the same way about the same thing despite your native language.
• none of these.

we live in a multicultural society with a variety of languages, and medical language is a way of speaking the same way about the same thing despite your native language.

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psychosis

• koh
• choh

koh

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Medical language allows health care professionals to communicate quickly because

• it is a quick way to speak to other health care professionals without taking the time to describe symptoms or examine findings.
• the patients are usually baffled by the terminology and do not ask additional questions.
• words with many syllables always communicate more information than words with few syllables.
• none of these.

it is a quick way to speak to other health care professionals without taking the time to describe symptoms or examine findings.

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Even though German was the global language of the scientific revolution, the Catholic Church forced all academics to use Latin, a language unknown to most people.

False

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cornea

• kor
• sor

kor

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geneticist

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geneticist

• ge
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• i
• cist

net

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geneticist

• jen
• gen

jen

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psychotherapist multiple choice

• psy
• cho
• ther
• a
• pist

ther

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gut

• jut
• gut

gut

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Medical language is made up primarily, but not exclusively, of words taken from two ancient languages: Greek and Latin.

True

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The first people to systematically study the human body and develop theories about health and disease were the ancient Greeks.

True