EXPH 240 PRACTICE EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔sub-, infra- - ✔✔below or under
✔✔a-, an- - ✔✔without
✔✔anti-, contra- - ✔✔against or opposed to
✔✔de- - ✔✔from, down, or not
✔✔e-, ec-, ex- - ✔✔out or away
✔✔ab- - ✔✔away from
✔✔dia-, trans- - ✔✔across or through
✔✔inter- - ✔✔between
✔✔macro- - ✔✔large or long
✔✔hypo- - ✔✔below or deficient
✔✔meso- - ✔✔middle
✔✔meta- - ✔✔beyond, after, or change
✔✔ecto-, exo-, extra- - ✔✔outside
✔✔retro- - ✔✔backward or behind
✔✔re- - ✔✔again or back
✔✔quadri- - ✔✔four
✔✔super-, supra- - ✔✔above or excessive
✔✔ultra- - ✔✔beyond or excessive
✔✔neo- - ✔✔new
✔✔-ation - ✔✔process
, ✔✔-centesis - ✔✔puncture for aspiration (suction removal)
✔✔-desis - ✔✔binding
✔✔-iasis - ✔✔formation or presence of
✔✔-gram - ✔✔record
✔✔-graph - ✔✔instrument for recording
✔✔-graphy - ✔✔process of recording
✔✔-meter - ✔✔instrument for measuring
✔✔-metry - ✔✔process of measuring
✔✔-phil, -philia - ✔✔attraction for
✔✔-rrhea - ✔✔discharge
✔✔-plasty - ✔✔surgical repair or reconstruction
✔✔-rrhage - ✔✔to burst forth
✔✔-scope - ✔✔instrument for examination
✔✔-scopy - ✔✔process of examination
✔✔-spasm - ✔✔involuntary contraction
✔✔ noncontributary - ✔✔not involved in bringing on the condition or result
✔✔unremarkable - ✔✔common; not out of the ordinary or significant
✔✔recurrent - ✔✔a return of symptoms and signs after a period of rest or inactivity
✔✔progressive - ✔✔pertaining to the advance of a condition as the signs & symptoms
increase severity
✔✔morbidity - ✔✔the state of being subject to death
✔✔systemic - ✔✔relating to the whole body rather than only one part
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔sub-, infra- - ✔✔below or under
✔✔a-, an- - ✔✔without
✔✔anti-, contra- - ✔✔against or opposed to
✔✔de- - ✔✔from, down, or not
✔✔e-, ec-, ex- - ✔✔out or away
✔✔ab- - ✔✔away from
✔✔dia-, trans- - ✔✔across or through
✔✔inter- - ✔✔between
✔✔macro- - ✔✔large or long
✔✔hypo- - ✔✔below or deficient
✔✔meso- - ✔✔middle
✔✔meta- - ✔✔beyond, after, or change
✔✔ecto-, exo-, extra- - ✔✔outside
✔✔retro- - ✔✔backward or behind
✔✔re- - ✔✔again or back
✔✔quadri- - ✔✔four
✔✔super-, supra- - ✔✔above or excessive
✔✔ultra- - ✔✔beyond or excessive
✔✔neo- - ✔✔new
✔✔-ation - ✔✔process
, ✔✔-centesis - ✔✔puncture for aspiration (suction removal)
✔✔-desis - ✔✔binding
✔✔-iasis - ✔✔formation or presence of
✔✔-gram - ✔✔record
✔✔-graph - ✔✔instrument for recording
✔✔-graphy - ✔✔process of recording
✔✔-meter - ✔✔instrument for measuring
✔✔-metry - ✔✔process of measuring
✔✔-phil, -philia - ✔✔attraction for
✔✔-rrhea - ✔✔discharge
✔✔-plasty - ✔✔surgical repair or reconstruction
✔✔-rrhage - ✔✔to burst forth
✔✔-scope - ✔✔instrument for examination
✔✔-scopy - ✔✔process of examination
✔✔-spasm - ✔✔involuntary contraction
✔✔ noncontributary - ✔✔not involved in bringing on the condition or result
✔✔unremarkable - ✔✔common; not out of the ordinary or significant
✔✔recurrent - ✔✔a return of symptoms and signs after a period of rest or inactivity
✔✔progressive - ✔✔pertaining to the advance of a condition as the signs & symptoms
increase severity
✔✔morbidity - ✔✔the state of being subject to death
✔✔systemic - ✔✔relating to the whole body rather than only one part
