HSA 3534 Exam 1 FAU Study Questions
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3 types of medical terms - built from latin or greek part words, eponyms (based on
a person's name), modern english words
Word roots - foundation, gives essential meaning, frequently but not always refers
to body structure, organs, system
Suffix - end of medical term. provides information about condition, diseases,
surgical procedures, and diagnostic procedures
Provides information about condition, diseases, surgical and diagnostic procedures
- Suffix
ALL medical terms must have - a suffix
when written by itself a hyphen is placed - before suffix
Found at beginning of medical term - Prefix
Provides information such as abnormal conditions, numbers, positions, and times. -
Prefix
Prefix - Many medical terms don't have one
when written by itself the hyphen is placed after - prefix
combining vowel - almost always uses an "O"
, Does not have any meaning simply used to connect together word parts, & to make
terms easier to spell and pronounce - Combining vowel
Combining vowel - a root word and suffux. or two root words
Is NEVER placed between a prefix and word root - Combining vowel
If suffix begins with a vowel - a combining vowel is not necessary ex: arthritis
if suffix begins with a consonant - use a combining vowel ex: rhin-o-plasty
between root words use a _______ even if the second root begins with a vowel. ex:
gastro-enter-o-logy - combining vowel
Combining form - is not one of the 3 word parts,
Combining form - combination of the root and the combining vowel, standard way
to write word roots bc it's easier to pronounce ex: gastro
-algia - pain
ex: gastralgia (stomach pain)
-asthenia (his thin knee) - weakness ex: (myasthenia, muscle weakness)
-cele - protrusion ex: cystocele (protrusion of urinary bladder)
-dynia - pain ex: cardiodynia (heart pain)
-cytosis - abnormal cell condition (too many) ex: erythrocytosis (too many red
cells)
-ectasis - dilated ex:(bronchiectasis dilated bronchi )
edema - swelling ex: lymphedema (lymphatic swelling)
-emesis - Vomiting ex: hematemesis (vomiting blood)
-emia - blood condition (ex. anemia)
and Answers Updated 2024
3 types of medical terms - built from latin or greek part words, eponyms (based on
a person's name), modern english words
Word roots - foundation, gives essential meaning, frequently but not always refers
to body structure, organs, system
Suffix - end of medical term. provides information about condition, diseases,
surgical procedures, and diagnostic procedures
Provides information about condition, diseases, surgical and diagnostic procedures
- Suffix
ALL medical terms must have - a suffix
when written by itself a hyphen is placed - before suffix
Found at beginning of medical term - Prefix
Provides information such as abnormal conditions, numbers, positions, and times. -
Prefix
Prefix - Many medical terms don't have one
when written by itself the hyphen is placed after - prefix
combining vowel - almost always uses an "O"
, Does not have any meaning simply used to connect together word parts, & to make
terms easier to spell and pronounce - Combining vowel
Combining vowel - a root word and suffux. or two root words
Is NEVER placed between a prefix and word root - Combining vowel
If suffix begins with a vowel - a combining vowel is not necessary ex: arthritis
if suffix begins with a consonant - use a combining vowel ex: rhin-o-plasty
between root words use a _______ even if the second root begins with a vowel. ex:
gastro-enter-o-logy - combining vowel
Combining form - is not one of the 3 word parts,
Combining form - combination of the root and the combining vowel, standard way
to write word roots bc it's easier to pronounce ex: gastro
-algia - pain
ex: gastralgia (stomach pain)
-asthenia (his thin knee) - weakness ex: (myasthenia, muscle weakness)
-cele - protrusion ex: cystocele (protrusion of urinary bladder)
-dynia - pain ex: cardiodynia (heart pain)
-cytosis - abnormal cell condition (too many) ex: erythrocytosis (too many red
cells)
-ectasis - dilated ex:(bronchiectasis dilated bronchi )
edema - swelling ex: lymphedema (lymphatic swelling)
-emesis - Vomiting ex: hematemesis (vomiting blood)
-emia - blood condition (ex. anemia)
