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The base of a word that represents its main meaning is the:
C. word root
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Suffixes:
D. do all of the above
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Prefixes:
C. are placed in front of a word
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The part of speech that is a modifier (describes a noun) is a(n):
D. adjective
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The part of speech that shows action or a state of being is a(n):
D. verb
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The word cyanotic is a(n) (give part of speech):
C. adjective
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The word cardiology is a(n) (give part of speech):
a. adjective
b. verb
c. noun
d. combining form
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Choose the suffix that means the process of creating a picture or record:
C. graphy
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A word root plus a vowel (e.g., gastr/o) is a:
A. combining form
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The suffix representing one who practices (specialist) is
B. -ist
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The correct plural form for ganglion is:
B. ganglia
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The correct singular form of bacteria is:
D. bacterium
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The correct plural of phalanx is:
D. phalanges
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When building a word, if the suffix begins with vowel, you:
B. usually use a combining form
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anemia
B. anemic
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condyle
B. condylar
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carpus
D. carpal
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ilium
A. iliac
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mucus
A. mucous
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An __________ of antibiotic was given to fight the infection.
B. injection
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I am __________ the medication in the left deltoid muscle.
A. injecting
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The physician will __________ the joint with cortisone.
D. inject
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The medical assistant gave the patient an emesis basin to catch the __________.
B. vomit
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The mother reported that following formula feeding, the infant would experience projectile __________.
B. vomiting
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Yesterday, Kathy __________ after school on the bus.
B. vomited
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gastritis __________ of the stomach
inflammation
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hyperthyroidism __________ of overactive thyroid
condition
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contraction __________ of muscle shortening
body part, tension, muscle function
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psychiatrist __________ who practices psychiatry
treating mental disorders
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nervous __________ too much stress
possessing
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irritable __________ to be irritated
ability
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sensitivity __________ of being sensitive
quality
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enlargement of the extremities
acromegaly
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study of the skin
dermatology
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inflammation of the skin on the extremities
acrodermatitis
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hypersensitive reaction to a substance (i.e. perfumed soaps)
quality
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condition of blueness
cyanosis
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one who practices medicine
medical practitioner
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fear of water
hydrophobia
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surgery using a microscope
microscope
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instrument used to count cells
cyotmeter
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one who makes x-ray images
radiographer
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muscle shortening with stimulation (noun)
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looking into the stomach and duodenum with a(n) scope
gastroduodenoscopy
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varicella infection causing itchy red spots
chickenpox
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inflammation of the stomach
gastritis
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plural of appendix
appendices
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singular or carcinomata
carcinoma
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specialist in mental disorders (physician)
psychiatrist
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herpes simplex virus one
HSV-1, HSV-I
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varicella (chickenpox)
VAR
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carcin/o
cancer (epithelial)
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condyl/o
condyle (a rounded projection on a bone)
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-emia
condition in the blood
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-grapher
one who makes a picture or image
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-megaly, megal/o
enlarged, large
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-meter
instrument that measures (or counts)
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-metry
process of measuring
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-ology
study of, specialty
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-ologist
specialist, one who studies
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-oscopy
process of looking with a scope
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-ostomy
making a new surgical opening
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path/o
disease, pathology
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-penia
abnormally low amount
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