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Medical Terminology Suffix/Prefix/Root Words

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

mal-

a)

bad or abnormal

b)

rapid/fast

c)

false

d)

backward or behind

2.

tachy-

a)

slow

b)

rapid/fast

c)

to or toward

d)

breathing

3.

-megaly; macro-

a)

big

b)

small

c)

large

d)

tall

4.

erythro-

a)

red

b)

black

c)

blood

d)

many

5.

path/o

a)

red

b)

blood

c)

pathway

d)

disease

6.

-dynia, -algia

a)

fear

b)

pain

c)

breathing

d)

inflammation

7.

neo

a)

tall

b)

old

c)

new

d)

short

8.

dys-

a)

difficulty or painful

b)

without

c)

pertaining to

d)

causing death

9.

-ia

a)

treatment

b)

cut

c)

pain

d)

condition of

10.

audi/o

a)

bored

b)

hearing

c)

male

d)

life

11.

-itis

a)

inflammtion

b)

pain

c)

pertaining to

d)

measurement

12.

-logy

a)

treatment

b)

study of

c)

surgical removal of

d)

measurement

13.

xen/o

a)

parent

b)

life

c)

stranger, foreigner

d)

child

14.

inter-

a)

above

b)

beside

c)

between

d)

before

15.

-ac; -ic; -al

a)

hardening

b)

inflammation

c)

condition of

d)

pertaining to

16.

andr/o

a)

before

b)

male

c)

female

d)

with

17.

hem/o; hemat/o

a)

blood

b)

red

c)

bleeding

d)

apple

18.

pseudo-

a)

past

b)

false

c)

true

d)

present

19.

ab-

a)

above

b)

under

c)

away from

d)

toward

20.

-pnea

a)

condition

b)

nutrition

c)

inflammation

d)

breathing

21.

-sect

a)

surgical repair

b)

cut

c)

burn

d)

grow

22.

-cyte

a)

create

b)

cell

c)

study

d)

measure

23.

-osis; -iasis

a)

destruction of

b)

abnormal condition

c)

cutting into

d)

study of

24.

viv/o

a)

life

b)

death

c)

creation

d)

destruction

25.

leuk/o

a)

black

b)

hard

c)

white

d)

soft