I. Historical Questions
- Which of the following is the singular form of the word phenomena?
- phenomene
- phenomenon
- phenomena
- phenomenia
- phenomenona
- Which of the following languages are not an immediate source of English anatomical terminology, according to Turmezei (2012)?
- Latin and Greek
- Arabic
- Hittite
- Middle Dutch
- Old English
- What is a suffix?
- a stem adjoined to a root in order to produce a mitochondrion
- a morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative
- an element placed at the beginning of a word to adjust or qualify its meaning
II. Dissect
Analyse the following words and give the meanings of the elements. E.g. dissection: dis/sect/ion = apart from / cut / action suffix.
anaesthetize
- an/aesthet/ize, not/feeling/to do = 3 marks
parabolic
- para/bol/ic, by the side of/a throw/pertaining to, like = 3 marks
allochiria
- allo/chir/ia, other or different/hand/quality or condition = 3 marks
protagonist
- prot/agon/ist, first/contest/agent = 3 marks
epidermoid
- epi/derm/oid, upon or on/skin/in the shape of = 3 marks
dichromatism
- di/chromat/ism, twice/colour/result of action, condition = 3 marks
III. Match
Indicate the correct definition of the following words and provide their Greek and Latin roots.
laparoscopy
- a surgical incision into the abdominal cavity, for diagnosis or in preparation for major surgery
- a low caesarian section
- a surgical procedure in which a fibre-optic instrument is inserted through the abdominal wall to view the organs in the abdomen
- Derivation
- laparo/scopy, abdomen/to view (3 marks)
hydrotropism
- absence of the sense of smell
- response to stimulus of water
- inflammation of the urinary bladder
- Derivation
- hydro/trop/ism, water/turn/condition of (4 marks)
malacology
- the branch of zoology that deals with molluscs
- the branch of zoology that deals with the malacca
- the branch of biology that deals with the relations of malachites to their surroundings
- Derivation
- malaco/logy, soft/science of (3 marks)
IV. Define
Provide the definition of the following Greek stems (worth 1 point each).