MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A 2026
-algia -ANSWER-Pain, Suffering, Painful Condition
-cele -ANSWER-Hernia, Tumor, Swelling
-cyte -ANSWER-Cell
-desis -ANSWER-To Bind, Tie Together
-ectomy -ANSWER-Surgical Removal, Cutting Out
-ectasis -ANSWER-Stretching, Dilation, Enlargement
-esthesia -ANSWER-Sensation, Feeling
-itis -ANSWER-Inflammation
-lysis -ANSWER-Breakdown, Separation, Setting Free, Destruction, Loosening
-malacia -ANSWER-Abnormal Softening
-megaly -ANSWER-Enlargement
-necrosis -ANSWER-Tissue Death
,-oma -ANSWER-Tumor, Neoplasm
-ostomy -ANSWER-Surgical Creation Of An Opening To The Body Surface
-otomy -ANSWER-Cutting, Surgical Incision
-pathy -ANSWER-Disease, Suffering, Feeling, Emotion
-plasty -ANSWER-Surgical Repair
-plegia -ANSWER-Paralysis
-pnea -ANSWER-Breathing
-rrhagia, -rrhage -ANSWER-Bleeding, Abnormal Excessive Fluid Discharge
-rrhea -ANSWER-Flow Or Discharge
-rrhexis -ANSWER-Rupture
-sclerosis -ANSWER-Abnormal Hardening
-stenosis -ANSWER-Abnormal Narrowing
-uria -ANSWER-Urination, Urine
albin/o- -ANSWER-White
, ankly/o- -ANSWER-Crooked, Bent, Stiff
arthr/o- -ANSWER-Joint
brady- -ANSWER-Slow
cervic/o- -ANSWER-Neck, Cervix
chondr/o- -ANSWER-Cartilage
coron/o- -ANSWER-Coronary, Crown
cost/o- -ANSWER-Rib
crani/o- -ANSWER-Skull
cyan/- -ANSWER-Blue
cyt/o- -ANSWER-Cell
dys- -ANSWER-Bad, Difficult, Painful
erythr/o- -ANSWER-Red
hist/o- -ANSWER-Tissue
hyper- -ANSWER-High
GRADED A 2026
-algia -ANSWER-Pain, Suffering, Painful Condition
-cele -ANSWER-Hernia, Tumor, Swelling
-cyte -ANSWER-Cell
-desis -ANSWER-To Bind, Tie Together
-ectomy -ANSWER-Surgical Removal, Cutting Out
-ectasis -ANSWER-Stretching, Dilation, Enlargement
-esthesia -ANSWER-Sensation, Feeling
-itis -ANSWER-Inflammation
-lysis -ANSWER-Breakdown, Separation, Setting Free, Destruction, Loosening
-malacia -ANSWER-Abnormal Softening
-megaly -ANSWER-Enlargement
-necrosis -ANSWER-Tissue Death
,-oma -ANSWER-Tumor, Neoplasm
-ostomy -ANSWER-Surgical Creation Of An Opening To The Body Surface
-otomy -ANSWER-Cutting, Surgical Incision
-pathy -ANSWER-Disease, Suffering, Feeling, Emotion
-plasty -ANSWER-Surgical Repair
-plegia -ANSWER-Paralysis
-pnea -ANSWER-Breathing
-rrhagia, -rrhage -ANSWER-Bleeding, Abnormal Excessive Fluid Discharge
-rrhea -ANSWER-Flow Or Discharge
-rrhexis -ANSWER-Rupture
-sclerosis -ANSWER-Abnormal Hardening
-stenosis -ANSWER-Abnormal Narrowing
-uria -ANSWER-Urination, Urine
albin/o- -ANSWER-White
, ankly/o- -ANSWER-Crooked, Bent, Stiff
arthr/o- -ANSWER-Joint
brady- -ANSWER-Slow
cervic/o- -ANSWER-Neck, Cervix
chondr/o- -ANSWER-Cartilage
coron/o- -ANSWER-Coronary, Crown
cost/o- -ANSWER-Rib
crani/o- -ANSWER-Skull
cyan/- -ANSWER-Blue
cyt/o- -ANSWER-Cell
dys- -ANSWER-Bad, Difficult, Painful
erythr/o- -ANSWER-Red
hist/o- -ANSWER-Tissue
hyper- -ANSWER-High