Medical Terminology Chapter One Study Guide

Marion Technical College Medical Sciences Programs

ALH1110 Medical Terminology

Chapter 1 Study Guide: The Structure of Medical Language

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe three characteristics of each of these word parts: combining form, suffix, prefix.

2. Give the medical meaning of common combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes.

3. Demonstrate how to analyze and define medical words by dividing them into word parts.

4. Describe how to form the plural of common Latin and Greek singular nouns.

5. Correctly spell and pronounce medical words presented in this chapter.

6. Complete review exercises at the end of the chapter.

Combining Forms Exercise: Complete the appropriate medical meaning for the listed combining forms.

Combining Form | Medical Meaning |

abdomen/o- | abdomen |

appendic/o- | appendix |

arteri/o- | artery |

arthr/o- | joint |

cardi/o- | heart |

cholecyst/o- | gallbladder |

cost/o- | rib |

derm/o- | skin |

enter/o- | intestine |

gastr/o- | stomach |

hemat/o- | blood |

hepat/o- | liver |

hyster/o- | uterus |

intestine/o- | intestine |

lapar/o- | abdomen |

laryng/o- | larynx |

mamm/o- | breast |

muscul/o- | muscle |

nas/o- | nose |

neur/o- | nerve |

pneumono/o- | Lung, air |

psych/o- | mind |

tonsill/o- | tonsil |

ven/o- | vein |

Suffix Exercise: Match the following suffixes with its appropriate medical meaning.

__d_ 1. –ation a. enlargement

_e__ 2. –ia b. inflammation of

_c__ 3. –ion c. action; condition

_h__ 4. –ism d. a process; being or having

_b__ 5. –itis e. condition; state, thing

_a__ 6. –megaly f. condition, abnormal condition, process

_g__ 7. –oma g. tumor, mass

_f__ 8. –osis h. process, disease from a specific cause

9. Write six different suffixes that have the meaning “pertaining to”.

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ine, -ive, -ous

__c_ 10. –pathy a. the study of

_f__ 11. –ectomy b. medical treatment...