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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hippocrates is known as the ____ | “Father of Medicine.” |
| Many medical terms used today are based on Ancient___ | Greek and Latin. |
| ____ building became and remains the primary way to describe new medical discoveries. | Word |
| A suffix,___ meaning “cutting,” may be used in modern procedures that we do not associate with “cutting.” | , -tomy |
| Terms formed from names, such as Parkinson’s disease. | Eponyms |
| ____ are always seen including the combining form, which always includes a vowel. | Word roots |
| = foundation or base for medical terms | Word root |
| = word root is commonly focus | Constructing words |
| = suffix first place to start | Deconstructing words |
| Remove x and add __ to Latin words ending in x (ex. appendix, appendices). | -ces |
| Remove the y and add ___ to words ending in y preceded by a consonant (ex. vasectomy, vasectomies). | -ies |
| When an ending y is preceded by a vowel, the usual plural suffix is ___ (ex. boy, boys). | -s |
| Add___to Latin terms ending in a (ex. fossa, fossae). | -e |
| Remove -us and add___to Latin words ending in us (ex. Staphylococcus, Staphylococci). | -i |
| Change -sis to___ in Greek words ending in sis (ex. psychosis, psychoses). | -ses |