How well do you know your medical prefixes and suffixes? Test your medical terminology skills with this quiz.
Question 1 / 49
What is osteoporosis?
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Question 2 / 49
Which is the medical term for headache?
Bullseye!
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Question 3 / 49
What do the suffixes -dynia and -algia mean?
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Question 4 / 49
What is a contusion?
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Question 5 / 49
Which medical term describes the scraping away of the skin or mucous membrane by friction?
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Question 6 / 49
Which medical term describes 'accumulation of blood in a joint'?
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Question 7 / 49
What do the prefixes cardi- and cardio- refer to?
Right on the money!
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Question 8 / 49
Which medical term describes the protrusion of the eyeballs?
Outstanding!
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Question 9 / 49
Which medical term describes blood in the urine?
Cool!
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Question 10 / 49
Which medical term describes an agent that causes disease?
Bullseye!
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Question 11 / 49
Which medical terms describes a woman who has never been pregnant?
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Question 12 / 49
Which medical terms describes the bluish discoloration of the skin?
Magnificent!
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Question 13 / 49
The word emesis means...
Wonderful!
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Question 14 / 49
Which medical terms describes the infection of the fungus Candida?
You're one class act!
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Question 15 / 49
Which medical terms describes the red blood cell?
Stunning!
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Question 16 / 49
To aspirate means...
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Question 17 / 49
Which medical terms describes the surgical transplant of the cornea?
That's great!
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Question 18 / 49
What do the prefixes hemo- and hema- mean?
You get a gold star for that!
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Question 19 / 49
To be ambulatory is to be...
Perfect!
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Question 20 / 49
What does syncope mean?
Magnificent!
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Question 21 / 49
What does febrile mean?
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Question 22 / 49
Which medical terms describes the abnormal widening of the bronchi?
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Question 23 / 49
What does sepsis mean?
You've got it!
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Question 24 / 49
Which of the following suffixes means to look or observe?
Sensational!
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Question 25 / 49
What is ecchymosis?
Super!
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Question 26 / 49
Which of the following suffixes best describes a surgical operation or removal of a body part?
Excellent!
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Question 27 / 49
What does arrhythmia mean?
That's the way!
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Question 28 / 49
Which medical terms describes the inflammation of the tympanic membrane?
Good job!
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Question 29 / 49
What does EDEMA mean?
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Question 30 / 49
Which medical terms describes the disease of the heart muscle?
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Question 31 / 49
Which medical terms describes the removal of the gallbladder?
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Question 32 / 49
Which medical terms describes 'painful menstruation'?
Marvelous!
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Question 33 / 49
Which medical terms describes the region 'above the pubic bones'?
Wonderful!
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Question 34 / 49
Which medical terms describes the enlargement of a finger or toe?
Fabulous!
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Question 35 / 49
Which of the following terms mean upon or on top?
Right on!
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Question 36 / 49
What is anaphylaxis?
Outstanding!
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Question 37 / 49
What is aphasia?
Yay!
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Question 38 / 49
Which medical terms describes the disease of a lymph node?
Fabulous!
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Question 39 / 49
What does APNEA mean?
Beautiful!
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Question 40 / 49
What does the suffix –iatric mean?
Nice job!
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Question 41 / 49
What does the prefix carp/o- mean?
Way to go!
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Question 42 / 49
Which of these prefixes is related to the kidneys?
Wonderful!
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Question 43 / 49
Which medical terms describes the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord?
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Question 44 / 49
What does the suffix ''-itis'' mean?
Absolutely right!
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Question 45 / 49
True or false? Hyper and hypo have the same meanings.
Wonderful!
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Question 46 / 49
Which of the following prefixes best describes numb or sleep?
Great!
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Question 47 / 49
"Rx" is an abbreviation for:
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Question 48 / 49
What is 'hemorrhage'?
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Question 49 / 49
When a person is diagnosed with hypertension, what does he/she have?
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