Unit I Word Parts Worksheet
Word Parts Assignment (Part 1):
Directions: The medical terms given below have been divided into word parts. For each term, list its word parts,
and give the category and its meaning for each part (using the glossary at the back of your textbook or a medical
dictionary). Then define the term.
Word Parts
Category
Meaning
1. oste/o/arthr/itis
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Term means: ____________________________________________________________
2. hepat/o/megaly
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Term means: ________________________________________________________________
3. cardi/o/my/o/pathy
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Term means: ________________________________________________________________
4. inter/vertebr/al
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Term means: ________________________________________________________________
5. rhin/o/plasty
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Term means: ________________________________________________________________
6. electr/o/therapy
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Term means: _____________________________________________________________
7. carcin/o/genic
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Term means: ____________________________________________________________
8. gastr/ectomy
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HCA 1301, Basic Medical Terminology 1 Term means: ____________________________________________________________
9. sub/cutane/ous
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Term means: ____________________________________________________________
10. dys/pepsia
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Term means: ____________________________________________________________
Word Parts Assignment (Part 2):
Directions: Use the word parts list below to build a medical term for each definition. This exercise is a little
different from the one in your textbook because many of the word parts are used more than once to illustrate how
using the same word parts in different combinations produces terms with very different meanings.
Word Parts
-al
-ary
Bronch
Crani
-ectomy
intra-it is
-logy
neur
o
-plasty
Pulmon
-scope
tonsil
Category
suffix
suffix
word root
word root
suffix
prefix
suffix
suffix
word root
combining vowel
suffix
word root
suffix
word root
Meaning
pertaining to
pertaining to
bronchus
skull
surgical removal
within
inflammation
study of
nerve
none)
surgical repair
lung
instrument for viewing
tonsils
1. surgical removal of tonsils ____________/____________
2. study of the lungs ____________/_____/____________
3. pertaining to within the skull _____/____________/____________
4.
study of nerves ____________/_____/____________
5. surgical repair of the skull ____________/_____/____________
6.
instrument for viewing the bronchus ____________/_____/____________
7.
inflammation of the tonsils ____________/____________
8.
inflammation of nerves ____________/____________
9.
pertaining to within the lungs _____/____________/____________
10. surgical repair of a bronchus ____________/_____/____________
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