Medical Terminology: Prefixes and Suffixes

Hypertension is a high or elevated blood pressure.

• True

• False

If you had a heart attack, you would want to see which type of specialist?

• A Hematologist

• A Gastroenterologist

• A Cardiologist

• A Phlebotomist

An endoscopy would allow you to:

• hear the low beats of the heart

• perform a visual examination of an organ inside the body

• see a broken bone

• see a pulled muscle

The suffix "graphy" means the process of recording.

• True

• False

If you have a blood clot in your leg, you may need to have a _____________.

• thrombocyte

• thoracotomy

• thoracentesis

• thrombectomy

An erythrocyte is a red blood ________.

• cell

• clot

• disease

Which of these prefixes indicates against?

• ad-

• ab-

• ana-

• anti-

What does the suffix -osis mean?

• condition of blood

• inflammation

• abnormal condition

• surgical removal

-lysis

• involuntary contraction
• breaking down or dissolution
• enlargement
• pouching or hernia

In the word sinusitis, the word itis would be considered a _________?

• Pronoun
• Prefix
• Affix
• Suffix