WorksheetsMedical Terminology
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What does "-plasty" mean?
Opening
Incision
Repair
Surgical Cleaning
Inflammation
What does "-rrhea" mean?
Blood
Flow
Occlusion
Liquid
Feces
What does "intra-" mean
Outside
Surrounding
Within
Cavity
What does "Nephro-" mean?
Liver
Kidney
Bladder
Gallbladder
Decay
What does "Dys-" mean?
Difficulty
Blockage
Distraction
Slow
What does "cyano-" mean?
Blue
Skin
Hypoxia
Red
Which of the following elements usually indicates a
procedure, condition, or disease:
Prefix
Word root
Suffix
Compound word
Combining vowel
Hyper- is an example of:
Word root
Combining form
Combining vowel
Suffix
Prefix
The most common combining vowel is:
"o"
"a"
"e"
"i"
"u"
A word element located at the beginning of a word:
root
prefix
suffix
combining vowel
breve
-pathy
a path
enlargement
disease
pain
swelling
study of
-logy
-metry
-rraphy
-itis
-ic
full of
pertaining to
to cut into
resembling, like
-scope
instrument for examination
study of something
visual examination
process of recording
trans
against
around
across
fast, rapid
super
excessive, too much, high
increase
above, over, towards the top
before, in front of
best, big, great
pro
before, in front of
beside, beyond, after
by, through
best, first, outstanding
poly
many, much
one, single
small, scant
around
mal
before, in front of
bad, illness, disease
beside, beyond
by, through
inter
backward, behind
between
above, over, excess
withing
hypo
under
beside
above
within
excessive
hemat/0
clotting
blood
vein
deficiency
para
without
before
beside, beyond
within
endo
after, behind
one, single
inner, inside
out of, exit
a- or an-
not
new
against
one
first
Epi-
Physically on top
Excessive
Towards the top
A lot
High
Trophy-
Winner
First
Nourishment
Swelling/Diseased
Level
Card-
Between
Blood
Lungs
Heart
Pump
Brachi-
Lungs
Arm
To break/cut into
To branch
Surgically repair
Dors-
Front
Top
Back
Side
Large
Gastr-
Intestines
Gross
Tubes
Stomach
Infection
Lat-
Side
Literal
Language
Nourishment
Down
Pleur-
Lungs
Many
Swelling
Infection
Back, in back of
Medi-
Medical
Many
Middle
Towards the side
Around
Hepa-
Kidney
Blood
Liver
Disease
Underneath
Rhino-
Nose
Large
Repair
Surgery
To cut
