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?

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