HSA3534 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FINAL
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ What does the medical term usually or maybe not represent? Answer:
Body structure, organ, or system.
◉ What kind of information is not given by a medical term? Answer:
Anything except conditions, diseases, surgical procedures and diagnostic
procedure
◉ Where the hyphen is place when it is a suffix or prefix? Answer:
Prefix is written by itself, a hyphen is placed at the end.
Suffix is written by itself, a hyphen is placed at the front.
◉ What kind of information is given by a suffix? Answer: It includes
conditions, diseases, surgical procedures and diagnostic procedures
◉ What suffix might mean the word protrusion? Answer: -Cele
◉ Define the suffix edema? Answer: Swelling
, ◉ Define Abnormal conditions? Answer: -Iasis
◉ What does the word -lysis do and how would put it with medical
term? Answer: To destroy
ex. Osteolysis -to destroy bone
◉ Tumor or mass Answer: -Oma
◉ Give description of phobia? Answer: Fear
Ex. Photophobia- fear of light
◉ Abnormal flow condition Answer: -Rrhagia
◉ Define -spasms Answer: Involuntary muscle contraction
◉ Condition of urine Answer: -Uria
◉ -Ostomy Answer: Surgically creating an opening
◉ Suture Answer: -Rrhaphy
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ What does the medical term usually or maybe not represent? Answer:
Body structure, organ, or system.
◉ What kind of information is not given by a medical term? Answer:
Anything except conditions, diseases, surgical procedures and diagnostic
procedure
◉ Where the hyphen is place when it is a suffix or prefix? Answer:
Prefix is written by itself, a hyphen is placed at the end.
Suffix is written by itself, a hyphen is placed at the front.
◉ What kind of information is given by a suffix? Answer: It includes
conditions, diseases, surgical procedures and diagnostic procedures
◉ What suffix might mean the word protrusion? Answer: -Cele
◉ Define the suffix edema? Answer: Swelling
, ◉ Define Abnormal conditions? Answer: -Iasis
◉ What does the word -lysis do and how would put it with medical
term? Answer: To destroy
ex. Osteolysis -to destroy bone
◉ Tumor or mass Answer: -Oma
◉ Give description of phobia? Answer: Fear
Ex. Photophobia- fear of light
◉ Abnormal flow condition Answer: -Rrhagia
◉ Define -spasms Answer: Involuntary muscle contraction
◉ Condition of urine Answer: -Uria
◉ -Ostomy Answer: Surgically creating an opening
◉ Suture Answer: -Rrhaphy