Intro to Medical Term Learning Exercises Chapter 1

The prefix dys- means

• painful, difficult, bad

• excessive, increased

• enlargement

• surgical removal

What is the suffix for abnormal condition

• -malacia

• deficient

• -osis

• -inflammation

The prefix hyper- means

• pain

• enlargement

• excessive, increased

• suffering

The suffix -megaly means

• bad, difficult

• inflammation

• pain, suffering

• enlargement

What is the suffix for softening?

• -hypo

• -osis

• -malacia

• -itis

The suffix for tissue death is

• -megaly

• -necrosis

• -malacia

• -itis

The suffix for pain, suffering is

• dys-

• -algia

• -osis

• hypo-

The suffix for surgical removal is

• hyper-

• dys-

• -algia

• -ectomy

What is the suffix for inflammation?

• -itis

• -osis

• -malacia

• -necrosis

What is the prefix meaning deficient?

• Hyper-

• Hypo-

• Dys-

• -itis