Medical Terminology I Ch. 1 Review

Not or Decreased

• peri-

• a-, an-

• brady-

• hyper-

Above or high

• tachy

• hyper

• hypo

• leuko

Hypoglycemia

• blood is fast

• pertaining to low blood glucose (sugar)

• pertaining to high glucose (sugar)

• Pertaining to blood

Liver (add the combining vowel)

Mr. Smith was having heart problems. He will need to see a specialist who went to school to study:

• biology

• anthropology

• ecology

• cardiology

In high school you may dissect a frog in this class to learn more about the study of life:

• ecology

• biology

• zoology

• sociology

Suffixes are added _____________ of a word.

• at the beginning

• in the middle

• at the end

Which of the following means abnormal condition?

• -algia

• -ectomy

• hyper-

• -osis

• hypo-

Which of the following means surgical removal?

• -algia

• -ectomy

• hyper-

• hypo-

• -osis

Which combining form means kidney?

• path/o

• ur/o

• nephr/o

• radi/o