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nur110 med terminolo
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lip | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| -emia | blood |
| hyper- | excessive |
| protein | protein |
| combining vowel | root suffix usually joined w/ a vowel "o" |
| most medical terms have three basic parts | prefix, root , suffix |
| the root is the _____________of the term | subject or foundation |
| the _________is the word ending that modiifies and gives essential meaning to the root | suffix |
| the _______is a term component at the begining of a term that further modifies the root. | prefix |
| often a medical term is formed from _________or more roots | two |
| when a medical term has more than one root, it is joined together by a combining_________ | vowel , ususally "o" |
| a combining form is a/an _________with a/an __________attached. | root , vowel |
| in the word liemia, lip , meaning__________is the root and _________of the term. It is modified and given essential meaning by the link to the suffix -emia meaning_______ ___________. The term refers to a condition of _______in the ________. | fat, subject, blood condition, fat/blood |
| In the term hyperlidemia, hyper- is a/an __________placed at the _________of the term to further _________the meaning of the term to denote above or ____________fat in the blood. | prefix, beginning, modify, excessiveq |
| in the term hyperlipoproteinemia , the addition of the ___________protein further defines the word in indicate an excessive amount of fat and __________in the blood. | root , protein |
| in lip/o , lip is the ________and lip/o is the _____________ ___________. the vowel _________is the most common _________ __________and ________is the second most common combining vowel. | root, combining form, o, combining vowel |
| -al, -ic | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | excision or removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -itis | infection |
| -logy | study of |
| -spasm | involontary contraction |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| hyper | above or excessive |
| hypo- | below or deficient |
| para- | alongside of or abnormal |
| peri- | around |
| ani/o, vas/o , vascul/o | vessel |
| cardi/o | heart |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| hem/o, hemato | blood |
| lip/o | fat |
| oteo/o | bone |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| duct | to lead |
| simple suffix | form basic terms/ -al, ic |
| compound suffix | formed by a combination of basic term components/ -emia, -tomy,-stomy, -ectomy,-logy |
| symtomatic suffix | describes the evidence of illness / -spasm |
| diagnostic suffix | identifies a medical condtion/ -emia |
| surgical or operative suffix | describes a surgical tx / -ectomy, -tomy |
| general suffix | has general application such as to from and adj. or noun / -al , -ic, -logy |
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