Answer:
The question is not complete, here is the complete question and answer:
Underline the word roots in the following medical words.
Medical Word Meaning
1. nephritis inflammation of the kidney
2. arthrodesis fixation of a joint
3. dermatitis inflammation of the skin
4. dentist specialist in teeth
5. gastrectomy excision of the stomach
6. chondritis inflammation of cartilage
7. hepatoma tumor of the liver
8. muscular pertaining to muscle
9. gastric pertaining to the stomach
10. osteoma tumor of the bone
Underline the combining forms below.
11. nephr kidney
12. hepat/o liver
13. arthr joint
14. oste/o/arthr bone, joint
15. cholangi/o bile vessel
Explanation:
Medical words are specialized words used by health care providers. The medical words consist of all or some elements which includes; root word, combining form, prefix and suffix. The different ways in which these elements are used gives the word its meaning.
The question asked us to underline the root words, so let us take a look at what root words are in medical vocabulary. Root words are the basic structure of a medical term that contains its primary meaning. Most of the root words used in medicine are derived from Greek or Latin language, and the pattern established over the years in using root words is that the Greek root words are used to build the names of pathological conditions, while the Latin root words are used to build names of anatomical structures. For example, Kardio(Cardio) and Pecta, are Greek and Latin root words relating to the chest or heart respectively, but in order to describe pathological conditions, carditis which is the Greek version is used to describe inflammation of the heart, while pectoral (Latin), describes the anatomical position of the chest cavity.
In the question above, all the underlined and bolded words are the root words while the other parts are the suffixes, and they all have their various meanings too.
In the second part (11-15), we are asked to underline the combination form of the words; so, combination forms are created when a word is combined with a vowel usually “o” as in “nephro” here the root word is nephr, and the combination form is nephro by combination with an “o”. combition with the letter “i” also exists. Combination words are used when two root words are to be joined together or to make pronunciation easy. So the combination forms are underlined and bolded the other ones are not combination forms.
In order to learn more on medical terminologies I suggest you get a medical dictionary or look for books on medical terminologies.
