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Medical Terminology: Prefixes and Suffixes

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
-itis
a)
flow, discharge 
b)
enlargement
c)
bursting forth
d)
inflammation
2.
abnormal condition
a)
-dynia
b)
-osis
c)
-rrhea
d)
-pathy
3.
-algia
a)
pain
b)
rupture
c)
flow, discharge 
d)
to suture
4.
-pathy
a)
a path
b)
enlargement
c)
disease
d)
pain
5.

study of

a)

-logy

b)

-metry

c)

-rraphy

d)

-itis

6.

-ic

a)

full of

b)

pertaining to

c)

to cut into

d)

resembling, like

7.

tumor

a)

-ology

b)

-oma

c)

-ostomy

d)

-scopy

8.

-scope

a)

instrument for examination

b)

study of something

c)

visual examination

d)

process of recording

9.
pertaining to
a)
-ase
b)
-al
c)
-cyte
d)
-gen
10.
cell
a)
-clast
b)
-blast
c)
-cyte
d)
-gram
11.
producing or causing
a)
-glia
b)
-emia
c)
-gen
d)
-gram
12.

circum-

a)

around

b)

large

c)

across

d)

within

13.

trans-

a)

against

b)

around

c)

across

d)

fast, rapid

14.

super

a)

excessive, too much, high

b)

increase

c)

above, over, excess

d)

before, in front of

15.

meg/o

a)

again

b)

around

c)

one

d)

large

16.

poly-

a)

many, much

b)

one, single

c)

small, scant

d)

around

17.

leuk/o

a)

half

b)

within

c)

white

d)

around

18.

mal-

a)

before, in front of

b)

bad, illness, disease

c)

beside, beyond

d)

by, through

19.

tachy

a)

fast, rapid

b)

many, much

c)

against, opposite

d)

above, over

20.

inter-

a)

backward, behind

b)

between

c)

above, over, excess

d)

within

21.

hypo-

a)

under

b)

beside

c)

above

d)

within

22.

Refers to sugar:

a)

gluc/o

b)

glucos/o

c)

glyc/o

d)

all of these

23.

hemat/o

a)

clotting

b)

blood

c)

vein

d)

deficiency

24.

endo-

a)

after, behind

b)

one, single

c)

inner, inside

d)

into, within

25.

eu-

a)

out, out of

b)

before, in front of

c)

not

d)

normal, good, well, healthy

26.

Which term means bone disease?

a)

Osteology

b)

Osteoma

c)

Osteocentesis

d)

Osteopathy

27.

Bradycardia is:

a)

A fast walking pace

b)

A fast heartbeat

c)

A slow heartbeat

d)

A low blood pressure