Medical Terminology Quiz

The medical Term AIDS(Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is example of a(an):

• Terms built from word parts

• Acronym

• Eponym

• Term taken from modern language

Medical terms are composed of several parts, referred to as word parts:

Each suffix can be added to many different word roots. Knowing that -itis means 'inflammation' enables you to know that the following words all indicate an inflammation of the body part indicated in the word root:

When connected to the word root, the suffix will make the word a noun (N), an adjective (A), or a verb (V). Suffix may change the part of the speech between a noun and an adjective.

When the singular form ends with (-on), what do you drop and what do you add?

• Drop the ‘-on’ and add ‘-a’

• Drop the ‘-on’ and add ‘-i’

• Drop the ‘-us’ and add ‘-i’

• Drop the ‘-y’ and add ‘-ies’

When the singular form ends with (-us), what do you drop and what do you add?

• Drop the ‘-us’ and add ‘-i’

• Drop the ‘-on’ and add ‘-a’

• Drop the ‘-y’ and add ‘-ies’

• Drop the ‘-ma’ and add ‘-ta’

What are the exceptions for words ending in ‘-us’?

• Corpus, Plexus, Viscous

• Thrombus, Embolus, Alveolus

• Ganglion, Labium, Bacterium

• Therapy, Biopsy

When the singular form ends with (-y), what do you drop and what do you add?

• Drop the ‘-y’ and add ‘-ies’

• Drop the ‘-us’ and add ‘-i’

• Drop the ‘-on’ and add ‘-a’

• Drop the ‘-ma’ and add ‘-ta’

When the singular form ends with (-ma/oma), what do you add?

• Add ‘-ta’

• Add ‘-i’

• Add ‘-ies’

• Add ‘-a’

What does the suffix ‘-algia’ mean?

• Pain

• Inflammation

• Enlargement

• Abnormal softening