Medical Terminology Quiz

What condition is characterized by redness, heat, swelling, and pain?

• infection

• inflammation

• laceration

Which prefix means within or inside?

• inter-

• intra-

• sub-

Which term means abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries?

• arteriomalacia

• arterionecrosis

• arteriosclerosis

Which term means the surgical repair of a nerve?

• neurologist

• neurorrhaphy

• neuroplasty

Which suffix means a surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes?

• -centesis

• -otomy

• -scopy

Which term describes a disease or procedure named for the person who first discovered it?

• acronym

• eponym

• syndrome

Which of these suffixes requires the use of the combining vowel?

• -algia

• -otomy

• -rrhea

The term meaning any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord or bone marrow is (a)   .

Pain, which can be observed only by the patient, is a __________.

• prognosis

• sign

• symptom

Which suffix means abnormal enlargement?

• -malacia

• -megaly

• -sclerosis