Question

Using the three rules you have learned for building medical terms, please provide the following:

List a medical term linking a word root + suffix.
List a medical term linking a combining form + suffix.
List a medical term linking a combining form + word root + suffix.
a) Tachycardia; Nephrosis; Cardiomegaly
b) Cardiogram; Osteotomy; Neurology
c) Gastroscopy; Dermatitis; Nephrectomy
d) Neurology; Cardiogram; Osteotomy

Answer 1

Tachycardia; Cardiogram; Gastroscopy

Step-by-step explanation:

A) Tachycardia is a medical term linking a word root (tachy-) with a suffix (-cardia).

B) Cardiogram is a medical term linking a combining form (cardio-) with a suffix (-gram).

C) Gastroscopy is a medical term linking a combining form (gastro-) with a word root (-scopy) and a suffix (-y).