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WorksheetsMedical Terminology Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is medical terminology?
Language used only by doctors
The language of healthcare used to describe the body, diseases, procedures, and instruments
A system for naming medicines only
A type of coding for hospitals
The majority of medical terms come from which languages?
English and German
French and Latin
Greek and Latin
Arabic and Greek
In the medical term pericarditis, what does the suffix “-itis” mean?
Around
Heart
Inflammation
Disease condition
The prefix hyper- in hyperthyroidism means:
Slow
Fast
Excess/above normal
Decrease
Which part of a medical term usually refers to the body part or system?
Prefix
Root
Suffix
Pre-suffix
The prefix brady- means:
Fast
Slow
Behind
Large
Which of the following prefixes means “inside”?
Endo-
Exo-
Para-
Retro-
The prefix leuko- refers to which color?
Red
Blue
White
Yellow
The root hepat- refers to the:
Kidney
Liver
Stomach
Spleen
The suffix -ectomy means:
Surgical removal
Visual examination
Deficiency
Repair
What does endocarditis mean?
Inflammation around the tonsils
Inflammation inside the heart
Enlargement of the heart
Disease of the vessels
MRI and CT scans are examples of:
Blood tests
Biopsy procedures
Imaging tests
Endoscopy
A physician is defined as:
A licensed person who dispenses medications
A medical doctor who diagnoses and treats illnesses
A health worker who performs only administrative work
A specialist in mental health only
Pediatrics is the medical specialty focused on:
Bones and joints
Cancer
Children
The nervous system
Which prefix means “across”?
Inter-
Peri-
Trans-
Epi-
