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Medical Terminology

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "-plasty" mean?

a)

Opening

b)

Incision

c)

Repair

d)

Surgical Cleaning

e)

Inflammation

2.

What does "-rrhea" mean?

a)

Blood

b)

Flow

c)

Occlusion

d)

Liquid

e)

Feces

3.

What does "intra-" mean

a)

Outside

b)

Surrounding

c)

Within

d)

Cavity

4.

What does "Nephro-" mean?

a)

Liver

b)

Kidney

c)

Bladder

d)

Gallbladder

e)

Decay

5.

What does "Dys-" mean?

a)

Difficulty

b)

Blockage

c)

Distraction

d)

Slow

6.

What does "cyano-" mean?

a)

Blue

b)

Skin

c)

Hypoxia

d)

Red

7.

Which of the following elements usually indicates a

procedure, condition, or disease:

a)

Prefix

b)

Word root

c)

Suffix

d)

Compound word

e)

Combining vowel

8.

Hyper- is an example of:

a)

Word root

b)

Combining form

c)

Combining vowel

d)

Suffix

e)

Prefix

9.

The most common combining vowel is:

a)

"o"

b)

"a"

c)

"e"

d)

"i"

e)

"u"

10.

A word element located at the beginning of a word:

a)

root

b)

prefix

c)

suffix

d)

combining vowel

e)

breve

11.
-itis
a)
flow, discharge 
b)
enlargement
c)
bursting forth
d)
inflammation
12.

-pathy

a)

a path

b)

enlargement

c)

disease

d)

pain

e)

swelling

13.

study of

a)

-logy

b)

-metry

c)

-rraphy

d)

-itis

14.

-ic

a)

full of

b)

pertaining to

c)

to cut into

d)

resembling, like

15.

-scope

a)

instrument for examination

b)

study of something

c)

visual examination

d)

process of recording

16.
pertaining to
a)
-ase
b)
-al
c)
-cyte
d)
-gen
17.
cell
a)
-clast
b)
-blast
c)
-cyte
d)
-gram
18.
one who studies and and practices
a)
-logy
b)
-ostomy
c)
-ologist
d)
-orrhexis
19.

trans

a)

against

b)

around

c)

across

d)

fast, rapid

20.

super

a)

excessive, too much, high

b)

increase

c)

above, over, towards the top

d)

before, in front of

e)

best, big, great

21.

pro

a)

before, in front of

b)

beside, beyond, after

c)

by, through

d)

best, first, outstanding

22.

poly

a)

many, much

b)

one, single

c)

small, scant

d)

around

23.

mal

a)

before, in front of

b)

bad, illness, disease

c)

beside, beyond

d)

by, through

24.

inter

a)

backward, behind

b)

between

c)

above, over, excess

d)

withing

25.

hypo

a)

under

b)

beside

c)

above

d)

within

e)

excessive

26.

hemat/0

a)

clotting

b)

blood

c)

vein

d)

deficiency

27.

para

a)

without

b)

before

c)

beside, beyond

d)

within

28.

endo

a)

after, behind

b)

one, single

c)

inner, inside

d)

out of, exit

29.

a- or an-

a)

not

b)

new

c)

against

d)

one

e)

first

30.

Epi-

a)

Physically on top

b)

Excessive

c)

Towards the top

d)

A lot

e)

High

31.

Trophy-

a)

Winner

b)

First

c)

Nourishment

d)

Swelling/Diseased

e)

Level

32.

Card-

a)

Between

b)

Blood

c)

Lungs

d)

Heart

e)

Pump

33.

Brachi-

a)

Lungs

b)

Arm

c)

To break/cut into

d)

To branch

e)

Surgically repair

34.

Dors-

a)

Front

b)

Top

c)

Back

d)

Side

e)

Large

35.

Gastr-

a)

Intestines

b)

Gross

c)

Tubes

d)

Stomach

e)

Infection

36.

Lat-

a)

Side

b)

Literal

c)

Language

d)

Nourishment

e)

Down

37.

Pleur-

a)

Lungs

b)

Many

c)

Swelling

d)

Infection

e)

Back, in back of

38.

Medi-

a)

Medical

b)

Many

c)

Middle

d)

Towards the side

e)

Around

39.

Hepa-

a)

Kidney

b)

Blood

c)

Liver

d)

Disease

e)

Underneath

40.

Rhino-

a)

Nose

b)

Large

c)

Repair

d)

Surgery

e)

To cut