Name: __________________________ Date: _____________
1. Which of the following words means inability to speak?
A) aphasia
B) anophagia
C) anphasia
D) aphagia
E) anaphasia
2. Which of the following words means surgical fracture of a bone?
A) oste/o/malacia
B) oste/o/blast
C) oste/o/clasis
D) oste/o/gen
E) oste/o/metry
3. The suffix -malacia means:
A) expansion
B) bone
C) swelling
D) softening
E) formation
4. Which of the following words means tumor composed of nerve cells?
A) neur/o/lysis
B) neur/o/logy
C) neur/oma
D) neur/itis
E) neur/algia
5. Which of the following words means enlargement of the liver?
A) hepat/oma
B) hepat/o/megaly
C) mega/hepat/ic
D) macro/hepat/oma
E) hepat/o/cele
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6. Which of the following words means narrowing of a vein?
A) venodesis
B) phlebostenosis
C) venotripsy
D) phlebectasis
E) venotripsy
7. In the word dystrophy, the suffix -trophy means:
A) paralysis
B) displacement
C) stricture
D) development, nourishment
E) accomplishment
8. The suffix -penia means:
A) decrease, deficiency
B) fixation
C) prolapse
D) production
E) pain
9. Which of the following words means a rupture of an artery?
A) hemorrhage
B) menorrhagia
C) arteriorrhexis
D) a and b
E) a and c
10. Which of the following words means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
A) pubiomeyer
B) pelvimetry
C) pelvitomer
D) pelvimeter
E) pelvometer
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11. Which of the following words means visual examination of a joint?
A) arthroscopy
B) arthopexy
C) arthrocentesis
D) arthoscopy
E) arthroscope
12. Which of the following elements is incorrectly paired with a meaning?
A) -osis—abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
B) -rrhaphy—bursting forth (of)
C) -itis—inflammation
D) -rrhexis—rupture
E) -rrhea—flow or discharge
13. Which of the following words means excessive vomiting?
A) emotology
B) hypoemesis
C) hematemesis
D) hyperemesis
E) a and d
14. Which of the following suffixes means suture?
A) -rrhapy
B) -centesis
C) -rrhagia
D) -rrhaphy
E) -rrhexis
15. Which of the following words means dilation or expansion of the bronchus?
A) bronch/o/cele
B) bronch/o/rrhagia
C) bronch/itis
D) bronchi/o/spasm
E) bronchi/ectasis
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16. Which set of the following terms is not paired by noun/adjective?
A) vein; venous
B) cardium; cardiac
C) artery; arteries
D) cerebrum; cerebral
E) neuron; neural
17. Which of the following words means pain in a nerve?
A) neuroblast
B) neuralgia
C) neuroclonic
D) neuroglia
E) none of the above
18. Which of the following words is the plural form of fornix?
A) forniae
B) fornima
C) fornum
D) fornices
E) fornia
19. An instrument to cut the skin is a:
A) derm/o/scope
B) dermat/o/meter
C) derm/o/graph
D) dermat/o/graphy
E) derm/a/tome
20. The suffix –edema means:
A) vomiting
B) softening
C) condition
D) swelling
E) tumor
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21. Which of the following suffixes means binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)?
A) -plasty
B) -pexy
C) -desis
D) -centesis
E) -tomy
22. Which of the following suffixes means separation; destruction; loosening?
A) -cele
B) -ptosis
C) -lysis
D) -rrhexis
E) -poiesis
23. The suffix -megaly means:
A) decrease
B) enlargement
C) stricture
D) separation
E) softening
24. The suffix -cele means:
A) suture
B) to break
C) dilation
D) puncture
E) hernia, swelling
25. Which of the following elements is incorrectly paired with a meaning?
A) -edema—pain
B) -ectasis—dilation, expansion
C) -tripsy—crushing
D) -osis—abnormal condition (of)
E) -plasia—formation, growth
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26. Which of the following suffixes means crushing?
A) -pexy
B) -tripsy
C) -plexy
D) -centesis
E) -poiesis
27. Which of the following words means fixation of a breast?
A) mastodesis
B) mastocentesis
C) mastopexy
D) mastoclasis
E) mastectasis
28. The suffix -dynia means pain. Which of the following is another suffix for pain?
A) -algia
B) -emesis
C) -plasia
D) -ectasis
E) -poiesis
29. Which of the following words means an incision to remove a stone?
A) lith/o/tomy
B) lith/o/graph
C) lith/ectomy
D) lith/o/stomy
E) lith/o/graphy
30. Hepat/o means liver. Which of the following is the medical word for swelling or hernia of the liver?
A) hepat/oma
B) hepat/o/centesis
C) hepat/ic
D) hepat/itis
E) hepat/o/cele
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31. Oste/o is the combining form for bone.
Which of the following is the medical word for forming, producing, or origin of bone?
A) oste/o/malacia
B) oste/o/clast
C) oste/o/genesis
D) oste/o/porosis
E) oste/o/metry
32. Which of the following words means inflammation of the stomach?
A) stomatoitis
B) gastritis
C) nephritis
D) gastroitis
E) stomatitis
33. Which of the following words means an instrument for recording the activity of the heart?
A) cardi/o/version
B) cardi/o/graph
C) cardi/o/graphy
D) cardi/o/meter
E) a and b
34. Which of the following suffixes means puncture?
A) -plasty
B) -desis
C) -ectasis
D) -clasis
E) -centesis
35. What does the term arteri/o/stenosis mean?
A) incision of an artery
B) prolapse of an artery
C) narrowing or stricture of an artery
D) hemorrhage of an artery
E) spasm of an artery
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36. To make words ending in y plural:
A) retain the y and add es
B) drop the y and add es
C) drop the y and add i
D) retain the y and add s
E) drop the y and add ies
37. The suffix -ism means:
A) small
B) specialist
C) condition
D) pertaining to
E) treatment
38. The word leukemia is a/an:
A) adverb
B) verb
C) noun
D) adjective
E) pronoun
39. Which of the following terms are paired incorrectly?
A) bursa; bursae
B) thorax; thoraces
C) radius; radii
D) bronchus; bronchial
E) atrium; atria
40. Which of the following terms are paired incorrectly?
A) mucus; mucous
B) myocardium; myocardial
C) ileum; ilea
D) duodenum; duodenal
E) colon; colic
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41. The adjectival form of axilla is:
A) axillar
B) axillary
C) axilliac
D) axillae
E) axillic
42. The plural form of radius is:
A) radii
B) radium
C) radiae
D) radious
E) radial
43. The plural form of nucleus is:
A) nuclear
B) nucleolus
C) nuclei
D) nucleic
E) nucleii
44. The suffix -iatry means:
A) disease
B) pertaining to
C) specialist
D) study of
E) medicine, treatment
45. Which of the following terms is not a diminutive word?
A) arteriole
B) macule
C) particle
D) atom
E) venule
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46. All of the following are nouns except:
A) coronary
B) bile
C) lung
D) tooth
E) kidney
47. The plural form of calcaneum is:
A) calcaniae
B) calcaneus
C) calcaneal
D) calcanea
E) calcania
48. An instrument used to examine a body cavity is an:
A) endoscopy
B) endotome
C) endoscope
D) a and b
E) a and c
49. To make words ending in is plural:
A) drop is and add es
B) drop is and add ex
C) drop is and add ices
D) drop is and add a
E) retain is and add es
50. All of the following terms are nouns except:
A) pneumonia
B) alcoholism
C) psychologist
D) psychiatry
E) coronary
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51. The plural form of bacterium is:
A) bacteria
B) bacteries
C) bacteriae
D) bacterion
E) bacteriae
52. The word for small vein is:
A) venous
B) venae
C) venule
D) venicle
E) veinula
53. Which set of singular/plural terms is paired incorrectly?
A) ganglion; ganglia
B) lumen; lumina
C) pleura; pleural
D) deformity; deformities
E) apex; apices
54. Which of the following terms is a noun form for heart?
A) cardiac
B) cardium
C) cardial
D) cardii
E) cardiae
55. The word mucous is a/an:
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) plural form
E) singular form
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56. The plural form of lumen is:
A) lumena
B) lumenae
C) luminata
D) lumina
E) luminal
57. The plural form of bursa is:
A) bursi
B) bursium
C) bursices
D) bursae
E) bursal
58. All of the following terms are adjectives except:
A) cutaneous
B) acoustic
C) hypodermic
D) pulmonary
E) rectum
59. Which ending is not an adjective ending?
A) -tic
B) -ia
C) -ary
D) -eal
E) -ous
60. Which of the following procedures means visual examination of the sigmoid colon?
A) sigmoidoscopic
B) sigmoidoscopy
C) colonostomy
D) sigmoidoscope
E) sigmoidography
61. The suffix -lysis means puncture.
A) True
B) False
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62. The suffix -stomy indicates a surgical procedure.
A) True
B) False
63. When defining the term gastr/algia, define the suffix first.
A) True
B) False
64. Gastr/algia and gastr/o/dynia have the same meaning.
A) True
B) False
65. The suffix -plegia means paralysis.
A) True
B) False
66. The suffix for an incision is -ectomy.
A) True
B) False
67. The suffix -ptosis means prolapse or downward displacement.
A) True
B) False
68. The suffix -philia means fear.
A) True
B) False
69. My/algia is a surgical procedure.
A) True
B) False
70. Gastr/o/rrhexis is a rupture of the stomach.
A) True
B) False
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71. Glossal is a noun form.
A) True
B) False
72. Radial is an adjective form.
A) True
B) False
73. Spinal is a noun form.
A) True
B) False
74. Cellular is an adjective form.
A) True
B) False
75. Radii is a plural form.
A) True
B) False
76. Emboli is a plural form.
A) True
B) False
77. Muscular is an adjective form.
A) True
B) False
78. Tissue is a noun form.
A) True
B) False
79. Atrium is an adjective form.
A) True
B) False
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80. The word medical is a noun.
A) True
B) False
81. Which of the following words means double vision?
A) bivisual
B) divisual
C) monopia
D) diplopia
E) bilateral
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