MTL 180 TUTORIAL 1

Suffixes form nouns, adjectives and verbs.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Select a medical term which contains a combining form with the following meaning: paralyse

• malacia

• asthenia

• logoplegia

• none of the options

Write down a medical term that means excessive sensitivity to pain

Prefixes have their own meanings and can stand alone.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Select the term that corresponds to the given meaning:

A formation of calculi and concretions

• rhinolith

• lithology

• lithiasis

• none of the options

Write down the medical term for:

a specialist of the nose

Choose the correct term that corresponds with the given meaning:

absence of brain and cranial vault

• anencephaly

• analgesia

• dyscephaly

• cephalalgia

The Greek k (kappa) is translated as c in English

• TRUE

• FALSE

Choose the correct term to correspond with given meaning:

constriction/narrowing of a passage

• sclerosis

• asthenia

• stenosis

• none of the options

Write down the combining form that means:

paralyze