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20 Cards in this Set
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whart kind of medical term has its source from a famous person's name
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eponym
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what type of word is AIDS
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acronym
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what suffix "Itis" means
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inflammation of
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which of the following is not a word part
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acronym
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in the word hepatitis which part is the word root
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hepat
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a prefix is a word part attached to the begining of a word root
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true
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a combining vowel can be used
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between two word roots AND between a wrod root and a suffix
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if a suffix begins with a vowel, a combing vowel is usually used
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false
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when connecting two word roots, a combining vowel is only used if the second word root does not begin with a vowel
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false
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a combining vowel is used to make pronunciation of a word easier
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true
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the most common combing vowel is
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O
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a combining form is considered to be a word part
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false
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Osteo/o is known as
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a combing form
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arth/o
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joint
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hapat/o
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liver
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ven/o
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vein
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oste/o
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bone
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intra
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within
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sub
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under
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itis
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inflammation
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