FOUNDATIONS OF MEDICAL LANGUAGE
BOARD EVALUATION 2026 GUARANTEED
PASS ANSWERS GRADED A+
● dys-. Answer: bad, difficult, painful
● -ectomy. Answer: surgical removal, cutting out
● hyper-. Answer: excessive, increased
● hypo-. Answer: deficient, decreased
● -itis. Answer: inflammation
● -osis. Answer: abnormal condition, disease
● -ostomy. Answer: the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the
body surface
● -otomy. Answer: cutting, surgical incision
● -plasty. Answer: surgical repair
, ● -rrhage. Answer: bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
● -rrhaphy. Answer: surgical suturing
● -rrhea. Answer: flow or discharge
● -rrhexis. Answer: rupture
● -sclerosis. Answer: abnormal hardening
● abdominocentis. Answer: the surgical puncture of the abdominal
cavity to remove fluid
● acroynm. Answer: a word formed from initial letter of the major parts
of a compound term
● acute. Answer: rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short
duration
● angiography. Answer: the process of producing a radiographic study
of blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make blood
vessels visible
BOARD EVALUATION 2026 GUARANTEED
PASS ANSWERS GRADED A+
● dys-. Answer: bad, difficult, painful
● -ectomy. Answer: surgical removal, cutting out
● hyper-. Answer: excessive, increased
● hypo-. Answer: deficient, decreased
● -itis. Answer: inflammation
● -osis. Answer: abnormal condition, disease
● -ostomy. Answer: the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the
body surface
● -otomy. Answer: cutting, surgical incision
● -plasty. Answer: surgical repair
, ● -rrhage. Answer: bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
● -rrhaphy. Answer: surgical suturing
● -rrhea. Answer: flow or discharge
● -rrhexis. Answer: rupture
● -sclerosis. Answer: abnormal hardening
● abdominocentis. Answer: the surgical puncture of the abdominal
cavity to remove fluid
● acroynm. Answer: a word formed from initial letter of the major parts
of a compound term
● acute. Answer: rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short
duration
● angiography. Answer: the process of producing a radiographic study
of blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make blood
vessels visible