ACQUIRING MEDICAL LANGUAGE PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED EXPLANATIONS 2026

ACQUIRING MEDICAL LANGUAGE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED EXPLANATIONS
2026

◉ -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-.