Medical Terminology Unit 1 Test 2019

Which word part is the SUFFIX for "otorhinolaryngology"?

• oto-

• rhino-

• laryng-

• -ology

Dys- means

• dish

• bad, difficult, painful

• surgical removal

• inflammation

A prefix is a word that

• appears at the beginning of the term

• appears at the end of the term

• explains what part of the body is being described

• (All of the above)

If the suffix begins with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) then the combining vowel is

• inserted, used

• not inserted, not used

• changed to an "o"

• capitalized

Which word part is used to indicate "deficient, decreased"?

• -itis

• -osis

• -hyper

• -hypo

Which word part means "surgical removal"?

• -algia

• -ectomy

• -itis

• hyper-

The word part "-rrhage" is used to describe

• a rupture

• a surgical procedure

• the position of something on the body

• bleeding or bursting forth of something

"-malacia" means

• abnormal condition or disease

• abnormal softening

• inflammation

• tissue death

If the doctor was repairing a torn tissue, he/she would be performing a

• -scopy

• -stenosis

• -plasty

• -otomy

Another way to indicate a rupture is to use this word part.

• -itis

• -rrhea

• -osis

• -rrhexis