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WorksheetsMedical Terminology I-Practice test -2026
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 34mins
Scientific terms can be created by combining different word elements.
True
False
Anatomical terms only consist of one prefix.
True
False
Prefix contains the primary meaning of a medical term and is usually a process or a diagnosis or condition
True
False
A suffix is created when a word root is combined with another word element.
True
False
The suffix has no meaning of its own.
True
False
Rule 1 of combining chemical word elements is that, a root links a suffix that begins with a vowel.
True
False
Combining consonants usually an "n" sometimes an "m"
True
False
A prefix links a root to another root to form a compound word
True
False
Syllable(s) placed after a word root to alter its meaning or create a new word are called Suffixes
True
False
A suffix is always added directly to a word root without a combining vowel.
True
False
Bio- or Bi- denotes life or living organisms.
True
False
Acute illness is the one of rapid onset and longer duration.
True
False
Analgesia is a condition with loss of all pain sensation.
True
False
What are the 4 basic components of a scientific term?
(a)
Where do you find a prefix?
Beginning of a word
End of a word
Middle of a word
Sometimes middle, sometimes end
(a) is used to link a prefix to a root word.
Most scientific word roots are derived from
Latin and French.
German and Latin.
Spanish and French.
Latin and Greek.
The prefix in a medical term usually indicates a(n)
color.
location.
anatomical structure.
procedure.
Write the word root in the term: cardi/itis (a)
Write the word root in the term: cardi/o/logy (a)
Write the word root in the term: cardi/o/logy (a)
A suffix should not indicate which of the following:
Location
Sense of increase
Medical instrument
Color
Gastr/ is an example of a
prefix.
suffix.
Word Root.
combining vowel
List the CFs in gastr/o/enter/o/logy: _________________________ and _______________.
(a)
What is the ROOT word in 'hypo-glyc-emia'?
Hypo
Glyc
Emia
Hypoglyc
In legal terminology, a prefix usually indicates
procedure, condition, law, or part of speech.
position, direction, jurisdiction, or negation.
position, direction, or law.
law, number, condition, or jurisdiction.
When defining a scientific term, which of the following would be the first step:
Define the suffix
Define the prefix
Define the root
Define the compound word
What does the suffix 'itis' mean?
Inflammation
The study of
A specialist doctor
A disease
Which prefix means 'slow'?
Hyper
Hypo
Tachy
Brady
What does the root word derm/ mean?
(a)
What does the suffix -emia mean?
(a)
What does the suffix -itis mean?
(a)
surgical removal, process of excising or taking out
-plasty
-ectomy
-ostomy
-otomy
What does the suffix -ous mean?
full of
pertaining to
to cut into
resembling, like
Pick and write the suffixes in the word: gastr/o/tomy
(a)
Pick and write the suffixes in the word: neur/itis
(a)
When combining CF gastr/o and suffix -ectomy the term will be
(a)
When combining my/o + card/o + -itis the term will be
(a)
Can you remember what pre- in pre/exam means? (a)
Etiology is
Cause of disease
Symptoms of disease
Prevention of disease
Treatment of disease
Sign is a/are
A treatment given to a patient
A visible indication of disease observed by a doctor
A type of medication
A patient's personal feeling of illness
Edema means
Completely uniform in texture or composition
Loss of strength
The accumulation of fluid in the tissues outside the blood vessels.
The presence of toxins in the circulating blood.
Due to a spinal cord injury, a patient has lost movement and sensation in both arms. The term for this condition is;
(a)
Anesthesia means
Without movement
Without memory
Without sensation
Without sleep
Complete the Medical term by adding suffix
surgical repair of a vessel= angi/o/
(a)
Complete the Medical term by adding suffix
surgical repair of cartilage= chondr/o/
(a)
Complete the Medical term by adding suffix
surgical removal of a gland = aden/o/
(a)
Complete the Medical term by adding suffix
surgical removal of a bone = oste/o/
(a)
Complete the Medical term by adding suffix
excision (of all or part)* of the stomach = gastr
(a)
Complete the Medical term by adding suffix
surgical puncture of the chest (to remove fluid) = thorac/o/
(a)
Complete the Medical term by adding suffix
instrument to cut bone = oste/o/
(a)
Complete the Medical term by adding suffix
forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea = trache/o/
(a)
Complete the Medical term by adding suffix
separation of intestinal (adhesions) = enter/o/
(a)
Write the medical term for the;
fixation of the uterus:
(a)
Write the medical term for the;
instrument to cut skin:
(a)
Write the medical term for the;
incision to remove a stone or calculus:
(a)
Write the medical term for the;
condition of (excessive) alcohol:
(a)
