Do You Know Your Medical Terms?
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- Q1What is the definition of prefixes?A word, letter, or number placed after anotherThe basic and most important part of a wordA word, letter, or number placed before anotherA morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative30s
- Q2What is the definition of abbreviations?Has no prefix or suffixA morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivativeA shortened form of a word or phraseA word, letter, or number placed before another30s
- Q3What is the definition of root words?Has no prefix or suffix-is the most basic part of a wordA letter added at the end of wordAn abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other wordsPronounced as a word30s
- Q4What is the definition of acronyms?An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a wordA shortened form of a word or phraseHas no prefix or suffix- is the most basic part of a wordA word, letter, or number placed before another30s
- Q5What is the definition of suffixes?A word placed before anotherA morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivativeThe main important part of a medical wordTo secrete30s
- Q6ACTH?adrenal cortex thymus hormoneadenocortothymic hormoneadenoma cortisol therapeutic hormoneadrenocorticotropic hormone30s
- Q7AC?adenoma cortalanticortisoladrenal cortexadrenal centesis30s
- Q8FSH?fast stimulating hormonefemale stimulating hormonefollicle-stimulating hormonefemale stenosis hormone30s
- Q9GH?adrenocorticotropic hormonegrowing hormonegrowth hormonegastrohormone30s
- Q10eu-?withininsidenormaloutside30s
- Q11hyper-?too littleunder, belowaboveexcessive, above normal30s
- Q12ex-, exo-?outside, outwardinternal excisioninternal secretioninside, within30s
- Q13hypo-?internal secretionabovebelow normalexcessive, above normal30s
- Q14LH?low hormonelow growth hormonelutinizing hormoneluteinizing hormone30s
- Q15-ary?too muchexcessiveinternalpertaining to30s