Medical Terminology Quiz

The word "seborrhea" combines seb- (oil) with -rrhea meaning _____

• superior

• deficient

• excessive

• below

Select the word that has the suffix that means the process of cutting

• fibrinolysis

• nephectomy

• hematopoiesis

• gastrotomy

Select the word that has the word root that means bone marrow

• hyperlipidemia

• thrombocyte

• neuropathology

• osteomyelitis

Which of the following terms describes pain in the joints?

• Myopathy

• Atrophy

• Osteoarthritis

• Arthralgia

Select the word that has the word root that means rib.

• akylysis

• kyphosis

• craniotomy

• intercostal

What kind of word part is -osis?

• suffix

• word root

• prefix

• combining form

Select the term that means inflammation of the bone marrow.

• spondylitis

• arthroscopy

• periosteum

• osteomyelitis

Select the word that has the word root that means fat

• subcutaneous

• adipose

• biology

• epidermis

Select the word that has the prefix that means many

• ambidextrous

• craniotomy

• kyphosis

• polyphagia

Select the word that has the prefix that means under

• atrophy

• hyperhidrosis

• epidermis

• subcutaneous