Test Bank for Comprehensive Medical Terminology for
Health Professions 1st Edition by Schroeder, Ehrlich,
Schroeder, Ehrlich
Test Bank for Comprehensive Medical Terminology for
Health Professions 1st Edition by Schroeder, Ehrlich,
Schroeder, Ehrlich
,Test Bank for Comprehensive Medical Terminology for Health Professions 1st Edition by Schroeder, Ehrlich, Schroeder,
Ehrlich
Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which suffix means pain or suffering?
a. -ectomy
b. -algia
c. -itis
d. -rrhaphy
2. In the medical term neuroplasty, what does the suffix -plasty mean?
a. surgical repair
b. bleeding
c. flow or discharge
d. disease
3. Which suffix means abnormal hardening?
a. -sclerosis
b. -rrhaphy
c. -dynia
d. -ostomy
4. In the medical term prenatal, what does the prefix pre- mean?
a. away from, negative, absent
b. out of, outside, away from
c. toward, to, in the direction of
d. before, in front of
5. Which prefix would you use to build a medical term that means excessive or increased?
a. inter-
b. oligo-
c. hyper-
d. macro-
6. Dr. Gutierrez orders an abdominocentesis for Alexi Petrov. What does abdominocentesis mean?
a. the surgical repair of a muscle
b. the surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid
c. the surgical removal of the tonsils
d. the surgical suturing of a tendon
7. What does the medical term fistula mean?
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a. a groove or crack-like sore
b. a torn or jagged wound
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c. a fatty arterial deposit
d. an abnormal passage
8. Mack Sanders arrives at the medical office with a fever. Mack's fever is an example of a .
a. symptom
b. sign
c. prognosis
d. syndrome
9. Which is the correct term that means a stomachache?
a. gastralgia
b. gastritis
c. gastromegaly
d. gastropathy
10. What is the correct spelling of a term that means the loss of a large amount of blood?
a. hemorage
b. hemorhage
c. hemmorrhage
d. hemorrhage
11. What does supracostal mean?
a. above or outside the ribs
b. below the sternum
c. between the parts of a tissue
d. within the muscle
12. Which term means pain in a joint or joints?
a. gastrodynia
b. poliomyelitis
c. appendicitis
d. arthralgia
13. The phalanges are the .
a. longest portion of the small intestine
b. bones of the fingers and toes
c. part of the skull that encloses the brain
d. interior or lining of an artery
14. Edema is one of the key indicators of inflammation. What does edema mean?
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Health Professions 1st Edition by Schroeder, Ehrlich,
Schroeder, Ehrlich
Test Bank for Comprehensive Medical Terminology for
Health Professions 1st Edition by Schroeder, Ehrlich,
Schroeder, Ehrlich
,Test Bank for Comprehensive Medical Terminology for Health Professions 1st Edition by Schroeder, Ehrlich, Schroeder,
Ehrlich
Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 1
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which suffix means pain or suffering?
a. -ectomy
b. -algia
c. -itis
d. -rrhaphy
2. In the medical term neuroplasty, what does the suffix -plasty mean?
a. surgical repair
b. bleeding
c. flow or discharge
d. disease
3. Which suffix means abnormal hardening?
a. -sclerosis
b. -rrhaphy
c. -dynia
d. -ostomy
4. In the medical term prenatal, what does the prefix pre- mean?
a. away from, negative, absent
b. out of, outside, away from
c. toward, to, in the direction of
d. before, in front of
5. Which prefix would you use to build a medical term that means excessive or increased?
a. inter-
b. oligo-
c. hyper-
d. macro-
6. Dr. Gutierrez orders an abdominocentesis for Alexi Petrov. What does abdominocentesis mean?
a. the surgical repair of a muscle
b. the surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid
c. the surgical removal of the tonsils
d. the surgical suturing of a tendon
7. What does the medical term fistula mean?
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a. a groove or crack-like sore
b. a torn or jagged wound
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c. a fatty arterial deposit
d. an abnormal passage
8. Mack Sanders arrives at the medical office with a fever. Mack's fever is an example of a .
a. symptom
b. sign
c. prognosis
d. syndrome
9. Which is the correct term that means a stomachache?
a. gastralgia
b. gastritis
c. gastromegaly
d. gastropathy
10. What is the correct spelling of a term that means the loss of a large amount of blood?
a. hemorage
b. hemorhage
c. hemmorrhage
d. hemorrhage
11. What does supracostal mean?
a. above or outside the ribs
b. below the sternum
c. between the parts of a tissue
d. within the muscle
12. Which term means pain in a joint or joints?
a. gastrodynia
b. poliomyelitis
c. appendicitis
d. arthralgia
13. The phalanges are the .
a. longest portion of the small intestine
b. bones of the fingers and toes
c. part of the skull that encloses the brain
d. interior or lining of an artery
14. Edema is one of the key indicators of inflammation. What does edema mean?
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