Infection Control and Asepsis

Question 1

Medical terminology is broken down into which components? Check all that apply.verbsroot wordsnounsprefixessuffixes

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root words; prefixes; suffixes

Question 2

The part of a medical term that is added to the end of the word to describe a condition, procedure, or disease process is called a .

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suffix

Question 3

The part of a medical term that is added to the beginning of the word to describe location, time, or number is called a .

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prefix

Question 4

The part of a medical term that often ends in a vowel to allow a modifier to be added is called a .

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combining form

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