IVY TECH HLHS 101 – 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, Suffering, Painful Condition
-cele. ANSWER - Hernia, Tumor, Swelling
-cyte. ANSWER - Cell
-desis. ANSWER - To Bind, Tie Together
-ectomy. ANSWER - Surgical Removal, Cutting Out
-ectasis. ANSWER - Stretching, Dilation, Enlargement
-esthesia. ANSWER - Sensation, Feeling
-itis. ANSWER - Inflammation
-lysis. ANSWER - Breakdown, Separation, Setting Free, Destruction, Loosening
-malacia. ANSWER - Abnormal Softening
-megaly. ANSWER - Enlargement
-necrosis. ANSWER - Tissue Death
-oma. ANSWER - Tumor, Neoplasm
-ostomy. ANSWER - Surgical Creation Of An Opening To The Body Surface
, -otomy. ANSWER - Cutting, Surgical Incision
-pathy. ANSWER - Disease, Suffering, Feeling, Emotion
-plasty. ANSWER - Surgical Repair
-plegia. ANSWER - Paralysis
-pnea. ANSWER - Breathing
-rrhagia, -rrhage. ANSWER - Bleeding, Abnormal Excessive Fluid Discharge
-rrhea. ANSWER - Flow Or Discharge
-rrhexis. ANSWER - Rupture
-sclerosis. ANSWER - Abnormal Hardening
-stenosis. ANSWER - Abnormal Narrowing
-uria. ANSWER - Urination, Urine
albin/o-. ANSWER - White
ankly/o-. ANSWER - Crooked, Bent, Stiff
arthr/o-. ANSWER - Joint
brady-. ANSWER - Slow
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, Suffering, Painful Condition
-cele. ANSWER - Hernia, Tumor, Swelling
-cyte. ANSWER - Cell
-desis. ANSWER - To Bind, Tie Together
-ectomy. ANSWER - Surgical Removal, Cutting Out
-ectasis. ANSWER - Stretching, Dilation, Enlargement
-esthesia. ANSWER - Sensation, Feeling
-itis. ANSWER - Inflammation
-lysis. ANSWER - Breakdown, Separation, Setting Free, Destruction, Loosening
-malacia. ANSWER - Abnormal Softening
-megaly. ANSWER - Enlargement
-necrosis. ANSWER - Tissue Death
-oma. ANSWER - Tumor, Neoplasm
-ostomy. ANSWER - Surgical Creation Of An Opening To The Body Surface
, -otomy. ANSWER - Cutting, Surgical Incision
-pathy. ANSWER - Disease, Suffering, Feeling, Emotion
-plasty. ANSWER - Surgical Repair
-plegia. ANSWER - Paralysis
-pnea. ANSWER - Breathing
-rrhagia, -rrhage. ANSWER - Bleeding, Abnormal Excessive Fluid Discharge
-rrhea. ANSWER - Flow Or Discharge
-rrhexis. ANSWER - Rupture
-sclerosis. ANSWER - Abnormal Hardening
-stenosis. ANSWER - Abnormal Narrowing
-uria. ANSWER - Urination, Urine
albin/o-. ANSWER - White
ankly/o-. ANSWER - Crooked, Bent, Stiff
arthr/o-. ANSWER - Joint
brady-. ANSWER - Slow