Medical Terminology: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Rules, Quizzes of Creative writing

Download Medical Terminology: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Rules and more Quizzes Creative writing in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Alcoholism DEFINITION 1 Condition marked by impaired control over alcohol use. TERM 2 Spermicide DEFINITION 2 Agent that kills sperm. TERM 3 Thyroidectony DEFINITION 3 Excision of the Thyroid. TERM 4 Combining Form DEFINITION 4 Word root + O TERM 5 Suffix DEFINITION 5 Element at the end of a word. TERM 6 Prefix DEFINITION 6 Element at the beginning of a word TERM 7 RULE 1 DEFINITION 7 A word root links a suffix that begins with a vowel TERM 8 RULE 2 DEFINITION 8 A combining form links a suffix that begins with a constant TERM 9 RULE 3 DEFINITION 9 A combining form links a root to another root to form a compound word. (Holds true even when second root begins with a vowel. TERM 10 - DEFINITION 10 macron--- indicates long vowel pronunciation TERM 21 -tomy DEFINITION 21 incision trache/o/tomy TERM 22 -tripsy DEFINITION 22 crushing lith/o/tripsy litho= bone TERM 23 -gram DEFINITION 23 record, writting electr/o/cardi/o/gram TERM 24 -meter DEFINITION 24 instrument for recoding pelv/i/meter TERM 25 -metry DEFINITION 25 act of measuring TERM 26 -graph DEFINITION 26 process of recoding TERM 27 -scope DEFINITION 27 instrument of measuring TERM 28 -scopy DEFINITION 28 visual exam TERM 29 -algia, -dynia DEFINITION 29 pain