Medical Terminology Review

The suffix that means surgical repair is _________.

• -pathy

• -plasty

• -rrhaphy

• -stenosis

The suffix that means surgical removal, excision is _______.

• -esis

• -eal

• -ectomy

• -iasis

The suffix that means tumor, mass, swelling is _______

• -oma

• -osis

• -opsy

• -ous

The prefix that means below, under is ______

• trans-

• epi-

• inter-

• sub-

The prefix that means deficient, below, under, less than normal is ______.

• hyper-

• hypo-

• hemi-

• dys-

The suffix that means narrowing is _________.

• -sclerosis

• -ostomy

• -stenosis

• -malacia

Which of the following is a combining form?

• rhin

• thromb/o

• -dynia

• tachy-

Which of the following is a prefix?

• poly-

• -ous

• lith

• melan/o

Which of the following is a word root?

• cholecyst

• oste/o

• hemat/o

• -stenosis

Which of the following is a suffix?

• retro-

• glyc

• enter/o

• -dynia