MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY TEST BANK Questions
and Answers 2026 | Comprehensive Word Root
& Prefix Review with Rationales | Grade A+
• The main body of a word is called a: -✓✓word root
• Latin roots are used to write words naming and describing: -
✓✓structures of the body
• When written alone, a prefix is usually followed by this to indicate that
another word follows the prefix to make a complete word: -✓✓hyphen
• A combining vowel is used: -✓✓when the suffix that follows begins
with a consonant.
• Which word root is Greek for "stone"? -✓✓Lithos
• The punctuation mark that designates a combining form is a: -
✓✓diagonal slash
• The most frequently used combining vowel is: -✓✓o
• The largest organ in the human body is the: -✓✓skin
,• The prefix "a-" means: -✓✓without
• What is the attached to the end of a word to modify its meaning? -
✓✓suffix
• Learning the meanings of word parts: -✓✓eliminates the necessity of
memorizing each new word encountered
• Borrowing of medical words from Latin or Greek began around the
year: -✓✓1500
• Latin and Greek combined are the origin of what percentage of medical
terms? -✓✓90%
• The suffix "-itis" means: -✓✓inflammation
• A compound word is a word in which two of what are combined? -
✓✓word roots
• Eponyms are: -✓✓diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions
named after a place
• MD stands for: -✓✓modern doctor
,• Which term is an example of an eponym and an abbreviation? -
✓✓Pap smear
• One common cause of misinterpretation of abbreviation is: -
✓✓misreading of handwriting
• Suture of a blood vessel is called: -✓✓angiorrhaphy
• Surgical puncture of the thin membrane that surrounds the fetus is
called: -✓✓amniocentesis
• Pain along the course of a nerve is called: -✓✓neuralgia
• Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity that
contains it is called: -✓✓a hernia
• A term that means stretching of a structure is: -✓✓dilatation
• The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues that
results in swelling is called: -✓✓edema
• Excessive preoccupation with fire is termed: -✓✓pyromania
, • Carcinoma is: -✓✓another term for cancer
• Prolapse means: -✓✓sagging
• A word that is also a suffix that means stopping or controlling is: -
✓✓stasis
• Surgical repair of the eye is: -✓✓ophthalmoplasty
• A surgical procedure to increase the size of the breasts is: -
✓✓augmentation mammoplasty
• Partial or total excision of a nerve is called: -✓✓neurectomy
• A surgical procedure in which the colon is sutured to the abdominal
wall is: -✓✓colopexy
• A term that means vomiting is: -✓✓emesis
• The branch of medicine concerned with the administration of drugs or
agents that produce loss of feeling: -✓✓anesthesiology
and Answers 2026 | Comprehensive Word Root
& Prefix Review with Rationales | Grade A+
• The main body of a word is called a: -✓✓word root
• Latin roots are used to write words naming and describing: -
✓✓structures of the body
• When written alone, a prefix is usually followed by this to indicate that
another word follows the prefix to make a complete word: -✓✓hyphen
• A combining vowel is used: -✓✓when the suffix that follows begins
with a consonant.
• Which word root is Greek for "stone"? -✓✓Lithos
• The punctuation mark that designates a combining form is a: -
✓✓diagonal slash
• The most frequently used combining vowel is: -✓✓o
• The largest organ in the human body is the: -✓✓skin
,• The prefix "a-" means: -✓✓without
• What is the attached to the end of a word to modify its meaning? -
✓✓suffix
• Learning the meanings of word parts: -✓✓eliminates the necessity of
memorizing each new word encountered
• Borrowing of medical words from Latin or Greek began around the
year: -✓✓1500
• Latin and Greek combined are the origin of what percentage of medical
terms? -✓✓90%
• The suffix "-itis" means: -✓✓inflammation
• A compound word is a word in which two of what are combined? -
✓✓word roots
• Eponyms are: -✓✓diseases, organs, procedures, or bodily functions
named after a place
• MD stands for: -✓✓modern doctor
,• Which term is an example of an eponym and an abbreviation? -
✓✓Pap smear
• One common cause of misinterpretation of abbreviation is: -
✓✓misreading of handwriting
• Suture of a blood vessel is called: -✓✓angiorrhaphy
• Surgical puncture of the thin membrane that surrounds the fetus is
called: -✓✓amniocentesis
• Pain along the course of a nerve is called: -✓✓neuralgia
• Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity that
contains it is called: -✓✓a hernia
• A term that means stretching of a structure is: -✓✓dilatation
• The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues that
results in swelling is called: -✓✓edema
• Excessive preoccupation with fire is termed: -✓✓pyromania
, • Carcinoma is: -✓✓another term for cancer
• Prolapse means: -✓✓sagging
• A word that is also a suffix that means stopping or controlling is: -
✓✓stasis
• Surgical repair of the eye is: -✓✓ophthalmoplasty
• A surgical procedure to increase the size of the breasts is: -
✓✓augmentation mammoplasty
• Partial or total excision of a nerve is called: -✓✓neurectomy
• A surgical procedure in which the colon is sutured to the abdominal
wall is: -✓✓colopexy
• A term that means vomiting is: -✓✓emesis
• The branch of medicine concerned with the administration of drugs or
agents that produce loss of feeling: -✓✓anesthesiology
