UTMB Medical Terminology Exam Review Question/Answers
Graded A+ 2025/2026
acous/o - hearing
acr/o - extremity
acromi/o - acromion (projection of scapula)
-acousis - hearing
-ad - toward
ad- - toward
aden/o - gland
adenoid/o - adenoids
adip/o - fat
adren/o - adrenal glands
adrenal/o - adrenal glands
aer/o - air
af- - toward
agglutin/o - clumping, gluing
agora- - marketplace
-al - pertaining to
albin/o - white
albumin/o - albumin (protein)
-algesia - pain
-algia - pain
allo- - other, differing from the normal
alveol/o - alveolus; air sac
,ambly/o - dull, dim
amni/o - amnion (amniotic sac)
an- - without, not
an/o - anus
ana- - against; up; back
andr/o - male
aneurysm/o - widened blood vessel
angi/o - Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
aniso- - unequal, dissimilar
ankyl/o - stiffness; bent, crooked
ante- - before, in front of
anter/o - anterior, front
anthrac/o - coal, coal dust
anti- - against
aort/o - aorta
append/o - appendix
appendic/o - appendix
aque/o - water
-ar - pertaining to
-arche - beginning
arteri/o - artery
arteriol/o - arteriole
arter/o - artery
,arthr/o - joint
-ary - pertaining to
asbest/o - asbestos
-asthenia - weakess, debility
astr/o - star
-ate - having the form of, possessing
atel/o - incomplete; imperfect
ather/o - fatty plaque
-ation - process (of)
atri/o - atrium
audi/o - hearing
audit/o - hearing
aur/o - ear
auricul/o - ear
auto- - self, own
ax/o - axis, axon
azot/o - nitrogenous compounds
bacteri/o - bacteria (bacterium)
balan/o - glans penis
bas/o - base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
bi- - two
bil/i - bile, gall
bi/o - life
, -blast - embryonic cell
blast/o - embryonic cell
blephar/o - eyelid
brachi/o - arm
brachy- - short
brady- - slow
bronch/o - bronchus (plural, bronchi)
bronchi/o - bronchus (bronchi)
bronchiol/o - bronchiole
bucc/o - cheek
calc/o - calcium
calcane/o - calcaneum (heel bone)
-capnia - carbon dioxide (CO2)
carcin/o - cancer
cardi/o - heart
-cardia - heart condition
carp/o - carpus (wrist bone)
cata- - down
caud/o - tail
cauter/o - heat, burn
cec/o - cecum
-cele - hernia, swelling
-centesis - surgical puncture
Graded A+ 2025/2026
acous/o - hearing
acr/o - extremity
acromi/o - acromion (projection of scapula)
-acousis - hearing
-ad - toward
ad- - toward
aden/o - gland
adenoid/o - adenoids
adip/o - fat
adren/o - adrenal glands
adrenal/o - adrenal glands
aer/o - air
af- - toward
agglutin/o - clumping, gluing
agora- - marketplace
-al - pertaining to
albin/o - white
albumin/o - albumin (protein)
-algesia - pain
-algia - pain
allo- - other, differing from the normal
alveol/o - alveolus; air sac
,ambly/o - dull, dim
amni/o - amnion (amniotic sac)
an- - without, not
an/o - anus
ana- - against; up; back
andr/o - male
aneurysm/o - widened blood vessel
angi/o - Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
aniso- - unequal, dissimilar
ankyl/o - stiffness; bent, crooked
ante- - before, in front of
anter/o - anterior, front
anthrac/o - coal, coal dust
anti- - against
aort/o - aorta
append/o - appendix
appendic/o - appendix
aque/o - water
-ar - pertaining to
-arche - beginning
arteri/o - artery
arteriol/o - arteriole
arter/o - artery
,arthr/o - joint
-ary - pertaining to
asbest/o - asbestos
-asthenia - weakess, debility
astr/o - star
-ate - having the form of, possessing
atel/o - incomplete; imperfect
ather/o - fatty plaque
-ation - process (of)
atri/o - atrium
audi/o - hearing
audit/o - hearing
aur/o - ear
auricul/o - ear
auto- - self, own
ax/o - axis, axon
azot/o - nitrogenous compounds
bacteri/o - bacteria (bacterium)
balan/o - glans penis
bas/o - base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
bi- - two
bil/i - bile, gall
bi/o - life
, -blast - embryonic cell
blast/o - embryonic cell
blephar/o - eyelid
brachi/o - arm
brachy- - short
brady- - slow
bronch/o - bronchus (plural, bronchi)
bronchi/o - bronchus (bronchi)
bronchiol/o - bronchiole
bucc/o - cheek
calc/o - calcium
calcane/o - calcaneum (heel bone)
-capnia - carbon dioxide (CO2)
carcin/o - cancer
cardi/o - heart
-cardia - heart condition
carp/o - carpus (wrist bone)
cata- - down
caud/o - tail
cauter/o - heat, burn
cec/o - cecum
-cele - hernia, swelling
-centesis - surgical puncture
