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What is the purpose of a combining vowel in medical words?
What is the purpose of a combining vowel in medical words?
- To connect roots to other roots
- To describe procedures used in patient care
- To give essential meaning to the term
- To connect suffixes to roots (correct)
Which of the following is an example of a symptom?
Which of the following is an example of a symptom?
- Tenderness
- Difficulty in breathing (correct)
- Elevated blood pressure
- Pain on pressure of a body part
What are the two main types of suffixes in medical terminology?
What are the two main types of suffixes in medical terminology?
- Prefix and suffix
- Root and combining
- Combining vowel and combining form
- Diagnostic and procedural (correct)
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Study Notes
Medical Terminology Basics
- A combining vowel in medical words connects a word root to a suffix or another root, and is usually an "o" or "i".
- A symptom is a subjective evidence of disease or illness, experienced by the patient, such as pain, fever, or fatigue; an example is a headache.
Suffixes in Medical Terminology
- There are two main types of suffixes:
- Suffixes that indicate a procedure or condition (e.g., -itis, -oma)
- Suffixes that indicate a location or direction (e.g., -al, -ar)
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