CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|VERIFIED & ALREADY GRADED A+
Most Studied | Updated
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
APHY 101
29|07|2026
, QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
-algia. ANSWER -Pain, sufferring
Dys-. ANSWER -bad, difficult, painful, abnormal
-ectomy. ANSWER -Surgical removal
-megaly. ANSWER -Enlargment
Hyper-. ANSWER -Excessive, increased, more than normal
Hypo-. ANSWER -Deficient, decreased, less than normal
-itis. ANSWER -inflammation
-malacia. ANSWER -Abnormal softening.
-necrosis. ANSWER -Tissue death
-osis. ANSWER -Any abnormal condition or disease
-ostomy. ANSWER -The creation of an artificial opening to the body
-otomy. ANSWER -to cut into or incision
-plasty. ANSWER -surgical repair
-rrhage. ANSWER -burst forth of blood
TERMINOLOGY
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|VERIFIED & ALREADY GRADED A+
Most Studied | Updated
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
APHY 101
29|07|2026
, QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
-algia. ANSWER -Pain, sufferring
Dys-. ANSWER -bad, difficult, painful, abnormal
-ectomy. ANSWER -Surgical removal
-megaly. ANSWER -Enlargment
Hyper-. ANSWER -Excessive, increased, more than normal
Hypo-. ANSWER -Deficient, decreased, less than normal
-itis. ANSWER -inflammation
-malacia. ANSWER -Abnormal softening.
-necrosis. ANSWER -Tissue death
-osis. ANSWER -Any abnormal condition or disease
-ostomy. ANSWER -The creation of an artificial opening to the body
-otomy. ANSWER -to cut into or incision
-plasty. ANSWER -surgical repair
-rrhage. ANSWER -burst forth of blood