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Med Term ASA Unit 1

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The base of a word that represents its main meaning is the   Word Root  
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What are the three purposes of a suffix?   They are placed at the end of a word They Change the meaning or the word root. The Change the part of speech of a word.  
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Prefixes 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)   adjective  
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What is a verb?   The part of speech that shows action or a state of being.  
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The word cyanotic is a(n) adjective, verb, noun, or combining form?   adjective  
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The work cardiology is a(n) (give the part of speech)   Noun  
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Choose the suffix that means the process of creating a picture or record. Tome, Tomy, Graph, Graphy   Graphy  
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A word root plus a vowel (e.g., gastr/o) is a   Combining form  
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The suffix representing one who practices (specialist) is:   IST  
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The correct plural form for ganglion is   Ganglia  
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The correct singular form of bacteria is   Bacterium  
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The correct plural of phalanx is   Phalanges  
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When building a word, if the suffix begins with a vowel, what do you do?   Usually use a word root  
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A_____________ of antibiotic was given to fight the infection (injection, inject, injected, injecting)   Injection  
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What is the correct adjective form for Anemia   Anemic  
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what is the correct adjective form for Condyle   Condylar  
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What is the correct adjective form for carpus   Carpal  
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What is the correct adjective form for ilium   Iliac  
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What is the correct adjective form for mucus   Mucous  
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Med Term for inflammation of the stomach   Gastritis  
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Med term for the condition or state of an overactive thyroid   Hyperthyroidism  
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Med term for condition of muscle shortening   Contraction  
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Med term for one who practices psychiatry   Psychiatrist  
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Med term for full of too much stress   Nervous  
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Med term for able to be irritated   irritable  
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Med term for quality of being sensitive   Sensitivity  
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Med term for enlargement of the extremities   Acromegaly  
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Med term for study of the skin   Dermatology  
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Med term for inflammation of the skin on the extremities   Acrodermatitis  
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Med term for hypersensitive reaction to a substance (i.e. perfumed soaps)   Allergy, (Allergies), Allergic reaction  
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Med term for condition of blueness   Cyanosis, Cyanotic  
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Med term for one who practices medicine   Practitioner, physician  
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Med term for fear of water   Hydrophobia, Hydrophobic  
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Med term for surgery using a microscope   Microsurgery  
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Med term for instrument used to count cells   Cytometer  
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Med term for one who makes x-ray images   Radiographer  
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Med term for muscle shortening with stimulation (noun)   Contraction  
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Med term for looking into the stomach and duodenum with a(n) scope   Gastroduodenoscopy  
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Med term for varicella infection causing itchy red spots   Chickenpox  
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Med term for inflammation of the stomach   Gastritis  
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Plural of appendix   Appendices  
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Singular form of carcinomata   Carcinoma  
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Med. Term for specialist in mental disorders (physician)   Psychiatrist  
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Med term for able to be eaten   edible  
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Provide the correct abbreviation for herpes simplex virus one   HSV 1, or HSV I  
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Provide the correct abbreviation for varicella (chickenpox)   VAR  
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Provide the correct abbreviation for the Greek   Gr  
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-able   Ability  
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-acr/o   Extremity  
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allerg/o   Allergy  
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appendic/o   Appendix  
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carcin/o   Cancer (epithelial)  
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cardio   heart  
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condyl/o   condyle (a rounded projection on a bone  
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cyan/o   blue  
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cyt/o   cell  
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dermat/o, derm/a   skin  
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duoden/o   duodenum  
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-ectomy   excision  
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-emia   condition in the blood  
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-er   one who  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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-grapher   one who makes a picture or image  
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hydro-   water  
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-ible   ability  
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-ism   condition or theory  
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itis   inflammation  
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-ity   quality  
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lymph/o   lymphatic  
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-mania   mental illness  
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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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micr/o, micro-   small  
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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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-osis   condition  
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-ostomy   making a new surgical opening  
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-ous   full of, having (adj. suffix)  
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path/o   disease, pathology  
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-penia   abnormally low amount  
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-phobia   fear  
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-tion   condition or state  
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