Introduction to Medical Terminology

Question 1

Identify the category of medical terminology based on each description.

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✔ acronym; uses the first letters of a longer phrase to create a new word: acronym; uses combinations of word parts to create a new term: Greek or Latin term; uses language that might not be understood by nonprofessionals: jargon term

Question 2

jargon term✔ Greek or Latin termmodern-language term

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✔ Greek or Latin term

Question 3

eponymacronym✔ jargon term

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✔ jargon term

Question 4

prefixroot word✔ suffix

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✔ suffix

Question 5

Using the chart of prefixes, root words, and suffixes, along with the drop-down menus, create a medical term meaning a recording of the electrical activity of the brain.

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++=: electro; ++=: encephal(o); ++=: gram; ++=: electroencephalogram

Question 6

✔ encephal(o)hyperalgiagram

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✔ encephal(o)

Question 7

cardi(o)tachyalgia✔ gram

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✔ gram

Question 8

cardiogramtachytachycardioalgiagramcardiotachy✔ electroencephalogram

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✔ electroencephalogram

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