EXERCISE II – Term Meanings

Sample Test – Term Meanings

Write the root words with combining vowel for each of the following meanings in the spaces provided. When entering the combining form, do not leave a space between the root word, the slash and the combining vowel.

*ROOT WORDS*	*MEANING*
	life
	heart
	skin
	bone
	electricity
	small intestine
	stomach
	brain, cerebrum
	liver
	nerve
	disease

Write the suffix of each of the following meanings in the spaces provided. Make sure you include the dash (eg: -itis)

*SUFFIXES*	*MEANING*
	specialist in the study of
	pain
	abnormal condition
	inflammation
	study of
	removal, excision
	about the patient’s condition
	recording
	process of visual examination

Write the prefix of each of the following meanings in the spaces provided. Make sure you include the dash (eg: re-)

*PREFIXES*	*MEANING*
	no, not
	back, behind
	complete knowledge, through
	below, under
	within, in, inner
	before, forward, in front of
	across, through