Common Medical Prefixes

Question 1

What are the components of medical terminology? Check all the boxes that apply.antonymsprefixesroot wordsinfinitivessuffixes

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prefixes; root words; suffixes

Question 2

✔ oneseveraltwo

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✔ one

Question 3

selfno, or without✔ towardslow

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✔ toward

Question 4

✔ endo-epi-/exo-eu-hyper-

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✔ endo-

Question 5

normally✔ badlyweakly

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✔ badly

Question 6

Complete each statement by choosing the correct answer from the drop-down menu.

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✔ Prefixes; are added to the beginnings of words to describe the location, time, and number.: Prefixes; are added to the ends of words to describe and modify the condition, procedure, or disease process.: Suffixes

Question 7

✔ SuffixesCombining formsPrefixesRoot words

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✔ Suffixes

Question 8

✔ itselfbloodglucosecells

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✔ itself; An autoimmune disease is one in which the body does not recognize .: itself; Hyper- and hypo- are prefixes that refer to .: amount

Question 9

widthspeedcolor✔ amount

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✔ amount

Question 10

Use the drop-down menu to select the answer that completes each sentence.

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A mental disorder in which mental functions are split is called .: schizophrenia; When a medication is injected below the skin, the injection is called .: subcutaneous; The orbit is the eye socket. Something located above the eye socket is .: supraorbital; The Greek root word pnein (to breathe) is used to build the term , which means rapid breathing.: tachypnea; The dermis is the innermost skin layer. A topical medication that passes through the dermis is called a medication.: transdermal

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