MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY TEST #1 –
TCC QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
- penia - Answer-deficiency
ex. leukopenia
- ptosis - Answer-drooping
ex. nephroptosis
- rrhage - Answer-excessive flow
ex. hemorrhage
- rrhagia - Answer-excessive flow
ex. menorrhagia
-rrhea - Answer-flow
ex. diarrhea
-rrhexis - Answer-Rupture
Ex. Metrorrhexis
- spasm - Answer-involuntary contraction
ex. myospasm
suffixes that mean tests
- centesis - Answer-puncture
ex. amniocentesis
- gram - Answer-written record
ex. cardiogram
- graph - Answer-instrument used to produce a record
ex. cardiograph
- meter - Answer-instrument used to measure
ex: cephalometer
- graphy - Answer-process of recording
ex. cardiography
- metry - Answer-process of measuring
ex. cephalometry
- scope - Answer-instrument used to look
ex. arthroscopy
, scopy - Answer-process of looking
ex. arthroscopy
complex suffixes that mean treatments
- desis - Answer-binding, fixation
ex, arthrodesis
-ectomy - Answer-removal
ex. vasectomy
- pexy - Answer-surgical fixation
ex. retinoscope
- plasty - Answer-Reconstruction
ex. rhinoplasty
-rrhaphy - Answer-suture
ex. herniorrhaphy
-stomy - Answer-creation of an opening
ex. colostomy
tomy - Answer-incision
ex. dermotomy
singular and plural - Answer-- words that end in -a are made plural by adding -e.
- the plural form is is pronounced "ay" or "ee"
- the emphasized syllable is often different for singular and plural when announced
"a" singular
ex. Vertebra, larva - Answer-plural: -ae
ex. vertebrae, larvae
singular: -ax
ex. (thorax) - Answer-Plural: -aces
ex. thoraces
singular -ex
ex. (cortex) - Answer-Plural: -ices
Ex: cortices
Singular: -ix
ex. appendix - Answer-Plural: -ices
ex.appendices
singular: -is
ex. neurosis, diagnosis - Answer-plural: -es
ex. neuroses, diagnoses
common suffixes - Answer-function as verbs in the language of medicine
TCC QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
- penia - Answer-deficiency
ex. leukopenia
- ptosis - Answer-drooping
ex. nephroptosis
- rrhage - Answer-excessive flow
ex. hemorrhage
- rrhagia - Answer-excessive flow
ex. menorrhagia
-rrhea - Answer-flow
ex. diarrhea
-rrhexis - Answer-Rupture
Ex. Metrorrhexis
- spasm - Answer-involuntary contraction
ex. myospasm
suffixes that mean tests
- centesis - Answer-puncture
ex. amniocentesis
- gram - Answer-written record
ex. cardiogram
- graph - Answer-instrument used to produce a record
ex. cardiograph
- meter - Answer-instrument used to measure
ex: cephalometer
- graphy - Answer-process of recording
ex. cardiography
- metry - Answer-process of measuring
ex. cephalometry
- scope - Answer-instrument used to look
ex. arthroscopy
, scopy - Answer-process of looking
ex. arthroscopy
complex suffixes that mean treatments
- desis - Answer-binding, fixation
ex, arthrodesis
-ectomy - Answer-removal
ex. vasectomy
- pexy - Answer-surgical fixation
ex. retinoscope
- plasty - Answer-Reconstruction
ex. rhinoplasty
-rrhaphy - Answer-suture
ex. herniorrhaphy
-stomy - Answer-creation of an opening
ex. colostomy
tomy - Answer-incision
ex. dermotomy
singular and plural - Answer-- words that end in -a are made plural by adding -e.
- the plural form is is pronounced "ay" or "ee"
- the emphasized syllable is often different for singular and plural when announced
"a" singular
ex. Vertebra, larva - Answer-plural: -ae
ex. vertebrae, larvae
singular: -ax
ex. (thorax) - Answer-Plural: -aces
ex. thoraces
singular -ex
ex. (cortex) - Answer-Plural: -ices
Ex: cortices
Singular: -ix
ex. appendix - Answer-Plural: -ices
ex.appendices
singular: -is
ex. neurosis, diagnosis - Answer-plural: -es
ex. neuroses, diagnoses
common suffixes - Answer-function as verbs in the language of medicine
