MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY TEST BANK Practice
Questions and Answers 2026 | Updated
Vocabulary Prep Pack | Grade A+
• -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
• hypo- . Answer: Low
• intra- . Answer: Within, Inside
• laryng/o- . Answer: Larynx, Throat
• leuk/o- . Answer: White
, • lip/o- . Answer: Fat, Lipid
• myc/o- . Answer: Fungus
• nephro- . Answer: Kidney/renal
• pharyng/o- . Answer: Throat, Pharynx
• pleur/o- . Answer: Pleura, Side Of The Body, Lateral
• pulm/o, pulmon/o- . Answer: Lung
• super-, supra- . Answer: Above, Excessive
• tachy- . Answer: Fast, Rapid
• trache/o- . Answer: Trachea, Windpipe
• a.c. . Answer: Before Meals
• ACL . Answer: Anterior Cruciate Ligament
• Ad lib . Answer: At Liberty
• ADL . Answer: Activities of Daily Living
• AED . Answer: Automated External Defibrillator
• AKA . Answer: Above The Knee Amputation
• AMA . Answer: Against Medical Advice
• b.i.d. . Answer: Twice Daily
• BIPAP . Answer: Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
• BKA . Answer: Below The Knee Amputation
• BMP . Answer: Basic Metabolic Profile
• BP . Answer: Blood Pressure
• C&S . Answer: Culture And Sensitivity, Performed To Detect Infection
• CBC . Answer: Complete Blood Count
Questions and Answers 2026 | Updated
Vocabulary Prep Pack | Grade A+
• -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
• hypo- . Answer: Low
• intra- . Answer: Within, Inside
• laryng/o- . Answer: Larynx, Throat
• leuk/o- . Answer: White
, • lip/o- . Answer: Fat, Lipid
• myc/o- . Answer: Fungus
• nephro- . Answer: Kidney/renal
• pharyng/o- . Answer: Throat, Pharynx
• pleur/o- . Answer: Pleura, Side Of The Body, Lateral
• pulm/o, pulmon/o- . Answer: Lung
• super-, supra- . Answer: Above, Excessive
• tachy- . Answer: Fast, Rapid
• trache/o- . Answer: Trachea, Windpipe
• a.c. . Answer: Before Meals
• ACL . Answer: Anterior Cruciate Ligament
• Ad lib . Answer: At Liberty
• ADL . Answer: Activities of Daily Living
• AED . Answer: Automated External Defibrillator
• AKA . Answer: Above The Knee Amputation
• AMA . Answer: Against Medical Advice
• b.i.d. . Answer: Twice Daily
• BIPAP . Answer: Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
• BKA . Answer: Below The Knee Amputation
• BMP . Answer: Basic Metabolic Profile
• BP . Answer: Blood Pressure
• C&S . Answer: Culture And Sensitivity, Performed To Detect Infection
• CBC . Answer: Complete Blood Count