Deck 1: Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building

Question 1

Which element is always located at the beginning of a medical word?

A) Word root
B) Suffix
C) Combining vowel
D) Prefix
E) Combining form

Answer 1

Prefix

Question 2

Which word is built correctly?

A) my/algia
B) nephr/dynia
C) aden/o/oid
D) gastr/plasty
E) py/rrhea

Answer 2

my/algia

Question 3

A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature.In this word,-meter is a(n):

A) adjective.
B) verb.
C) combining form.
D) compound word.
E) suffix.

Answer 3

suffix.

Question 4

Which word element is an adjective suffix?

A) -oma
B) -penia
C) -itis
D) -ic
E) -ia

Question 5

What does the prefix in post/mortem mean?

A) before
B) after
C) death
D) life
E) beyond

Question 6

Which suffix means decrease,deficiency?

A) -rrhea
B) -rrhage
C) -rrhexis
D) -penia
E) -iasis

Question 7

The i in the term pelv/i/metry is called a:

A) word root.
B) combining form.
C) suffix.
D) combining vowel.
E) consonant.

Question 8

What does the word root usually indicate?

A) Position
B) Number
C) Condition
D) Body part
E) Procedure

Question 9

To build a medical word,use a CF before a suffix that begins with a:

A) prefix.
B) suffix.
C) vowel.
D) consonant.
E) letter "o."

Question 10

In medical terms,ch (as in cholera)is pronounced:

A) "chal."
B) "cha."
C) "k."
D) "aitch."
E) "cee."

Question 11

Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint.In this word,arthr/o is a:

A) prefix.
B) suffix.
C) word root.
D) combining vowel.
E) combining form.

Question 12

Which word contains a prefix?

A) hyperthermia
B) gastric
C) thermometer
D) nephritis
E) cardiac

Question 13

Which word element is a word root?

A) hepat
B) hepato
C) hepatom
D) -megaly
E) hepatomegaly

Question 14

What is the meaning of gastr/o?

A) mouth
B) intestine
C) stomach
D) liver
E) bladder

Question 15

Vowels marked with a macron (-)indicate a:

A) short sound.
B) stress.
C) silent letter.
D) long sound.
E) diphthong.

Question 16

The suffix -itis means:

A) pain.
B) blood.
C) excision.
D) rupture.
E) inflammation.

Question 17

The oe in roentgen is pronounced:

A) (?7e).
B) oy.
C) (?5u).
D) ō.
E) ā.

Question 18

A CF is a word root plus a:

A) prefix.
B) vowel.
C) suffix.
D) word root.
E) consonant.

Question 19

Which word is an example of a combining vowel used to link one root to another root?

A) gastr/itis
B) gastr/o/dynia
C) gastr/o/esophag/itis
D) gastr/o/megaly
E) gastr/oma

Question 20

Oste/o/chondr/itis is an example of a:

A) suffix that begins with a consonant.
B) simple word.
C) compound word.
D) medical word containing a prefix.
E) word with only one word element.

Question 21

What is the plural form of appendix?

A) appendamata
B) appendises
C) appendices
D) appendae
E) appendia

Question 22

Which term means pain in a nerve?

A) neuroblast
B) neuralgia
C) neuroclonic
D) neuroglia
E) neurogenic

Question 23

Which suffix means pain?

A) -algia
B) -emesis
C) -plasia
D) -ectasis
E) -poiesis

Question 24

What is the plural form of nucleus?

A) nuclear
B) nucleolus
C) nuclei
D) nucleic
E) nucleii

Question 25

What is the plural form of radius?

A) radii
B) radium
C) radiae
D) radious
E) radial

Question 26

The prefix hypo- means:

A) excessive.
B) below.
C) slow.
D) between.
E) above.

Question 27

Which word means double vision?

A) bivisual
B) divisual
C) monopia
D) diplopia
E) bilateral

Question 28

In the term chol/e/lith/iasis,the element lith is a:

A) combining form.
B) suffix.
C) prefix.
D) combining vowel.
E) word root.

Question 29

Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?

A) pelviscope
B) pelvimetry
C) pelvitomer
D) pelvimeter
E) pelvometer

Question 30

To make words ending in y plural:

A) retain the y and add es.
B) drop the y and add es.
C) drop the y and add i.
D) retain the y and add s.
E) drop the y and add ies.

Question 31

Which words means surgical fracture of a bone?

A) oste/o/malacia
B) oste/o/blast
C) oste/o/clasis
D) oste/o/gen
E) oste/o/metry

Question 32

The plural form of diagnosis is:

A) diagnose.
B) diagnostic.
C) diagnosia.
D) diagnoses.
E) diagnosticians.

Question 33

Which prefix means around?

A) trans-
B) dia-
C) supra-
D) circum-
E) esto-

Question 34

The prefix dia- means:

A) away from.
B) within.
C) wide.
D) against.
E) through,across.

Question 35

What does the suffix -ior mean?

A) small
B) specialist
C) condition
D) pertaining to
E) treatment

Question 36

What does the suffix -edema mean?

A) vomiting
B) softening
C) condition
D) swelling
E) tumor

Question 37

Which word means rupture of an artery?

A) arthritis
B) arthrodynia
C) arteriorrhexis
D) arthrodesis
E) arthralgia

Question 38

What is the adjective form of axilla?

A) axillar
B) axillary
C) axilliac
D) axillae
E) axillic

Question 39

What is the term that means without a breast?

A) amastia
B) dysmastia
C) eumastia
D) hemimastia
E) supermastia

Question 40

What does the term gastritis mean?

A) excision of the stomach
B) pain in the stomach
C) hemorrhage of the stomach
D) inflammation of the stomach
E) incision of the stomach

Question 41

The plural form of calcaneum is:

A) calcaniae.
B) calcaneus.
C) calcaneal.
D) calcanea.
E) calcania.

Question 42

What is the word element at the beginning of the terms intra/muscul/ar,post/nat/al,and macro/cyte?

A) Combining form
B) Word root
C) Compound element
D) Suffix
E) Prefix

Question 43

The prefix homo- means:

A) against.
B) good.
C) all.
D) same.
E) union.

Question 44

A herniation or swelling of the liver is called:

A) hepatomegaly.
B) hepatodynia.
C) hepatomalacia.
D) hepatosis.
E) hepatocele.

Question 45

The word mucous is a(n):

A) adjective.
B) adverb.
C) noun.
D) plural form.
E) singular form.

Question 46

Which term is an adjective?

A) cardial
B) bile
C) lung
D) tooth
E) kidney

Question 47

Which term means enlargement of the liver?

A) hepatorrhexis
B) hepatosis
C) hepatoma
D) hepatomegaly
E) hepatomalacia

Question 48

Match the word elements with their meanings.
excision,removal

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 49

Which term means first pregnancy?

A) multigravida
B) primigravida
C) polygravida
D) agravida
E) homogravida

Question 50

Which terms is an adjective?

A) ganglia
B) lumina
C) pleural
D) appendix
E) colon

Question 51

The plural form of bursa is:

A) bursi.
B) bursium.
C) bursices.
D) bursae.
E) bursal.

Question 52

Match the word elements with their meanings.
surgical puncture

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 53

What is the plural form of bacterium?

A) bacteria
B) bacteries
C) bacteriae
D) bacterion
E) bacteriae.

Question 54

Match the word elements with their meanings.
vomiting

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 55

Match the word elements with their meanings.
disease

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 56

Which term is a noun?

A) cutaneous
B) acoustic
C) hypodermic
D) pulmonary
E) rectum
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 57

The plural form of lumen is:

A) lumena.
B) lumenae.
C) luminata.
D) lumina.
E) luminal.

Question 58

Match the word elements with their meanings.
inflammation

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 59

Match the word elements with their meanings.
instrument for examining

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 60

Which word refers to transplantation of healthy tissue from one part of the body to another part of the body in the same person?

A) xen/o/graft
B) allo/graft
C) homo/graft
D) auto/graft
E) heter/o/graft

Question 61

Match the medical terms with their definitions.
enlargement of the heart

A)appendectomy
B)arteriostenosis
C)arthrocentesis
D)cardiomegaly
E)chondromalacia
F)electrocardiogram
G)gastritis
H)gastroscope
I)hemiplegia
J)hemorrhage
K)hemophobia
L)hyperemesis
M)lithotripsy
N)lymphedema
O)mastopexy
P)myopathy
Q)neuroma
R)osteotome
S)rhinoplasty
T)tracheostomy

Question 62

Match the word elements with their meanings.
pain

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 63

Match the word elements with their meanings.
backward,behind

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 64

Match the medical terms with their definitions.
fixation of the breast

A)appendectomy
B)arteriostenosis
C)arthrocentesis
D)cardiomegaly
E)chondromalacia
F)electrocardiogram
G)gastritis
H)gastroscope
I)hemiplegia
J)hemorrhage
K)hemophobia
L)hyperemesis
M)lithotripsy
N)lymphedema
O)mastopexy
P)myopathy
Q)neuroma
R)osteotome
S)rhinoplasty
T)tracheostomy

Question 65

Match the word elements with their meanings.
blood

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 66

Match the word elements with their meanings.
large

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 67

Match the word elements with their meanings.
hernia,swelling

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 68

Match the word elements with their meanings.
upper,above

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 69

Match the word elements with their meanings.
bad,painful,difficult

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 70

Match the medical terms with their definitions.
crushing a stone or calculus

A)appendectomy
B)arteriostenosis
C)arthrocentesis
D)cardiomegaly
E)chondromalacia
F)electrocardiogram
G)gastritis
H)gastroscope
I)hemiplegia
J)hemorrhage
K)hemophobia
L)hyperemesis
M)lithotripsy
N)lymphedema
O)mastopexy
P)myopathy
Q)neuroma
R)osteotome
S)rhinoplasty
T)tracheostomy

Question 71

Match the word elements with their meanings.
instrument for recording

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 72

Match the word elements with their meanings.
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 73

Match the word elements with their meanings.
swelling

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 74

Match the word elements with their meanings.
around

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 75

Match the medical terms with their definitions.
narrowing or stricture of an artery

A)appendectomy
B)arteriostenosis
C)arthrocentesis
D)cardiomegaly
E)chondromalacia
F)electrocardiogram
G)gastritis
H)gastroscope
I)hemiplegia
J)hemorrhage
K)hemophobia
L)hyperemesis
M)lithotripsy
N)lymphedema
O)mastopexy
P)myopathy
Q)neuroma
R)osteotome
S)rhinoplasty
T)tracheostomy

Question 76

Match the medical terms with their definitions.
forming an opening (mouth)into the trachea

A)appendectomy
B)arteriostenosis
C)arthrocentesis
D)cardiomegaly
E)chondromalacia
F)electrocardiogram
G)gastritis
H)gastroscope
I)hemiplegia
J)hemorrhage
K)hemophobia
L)hyperemesis
M)lithotripsy
N)lymphedema
O)mastopexy
P)myopathy
Q)neuroma
R)osteotome
S)rhinoplasty
T)tracheostomy

Question 77

Match the word elements with their meanings.
to break; surgical fracture

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 78

Match the word elements with their meanings.
first

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 79

Match the word elements with their meanings.
before,in front

A)-algia
B)-cele
C)-centesis
D)-clasis
E)-edema
F)-ectomy
G)-emesis
H)-emia
I)-graph
J)-itis
K)-osis
L)-pathy
M)-scope
N)circum-,peri-
O)dys-
P)macro-
Q)pre-,pro-
R)primi-
S)retro-
T)super-

Question 80

Match the medical terms with their definitions.
excision of the appendix

A)appendectomy
B)arteriostenosis
C)arthrocentesis
D)cardiomegaly
E)chondromalacia
F)electrocardiogram
G)gastritis
H)gastroscope
I)hemiplegia
J)hemorrhage
K)hemophobia
L)hyperemesis
M)lithotripsy
N)lymphedema
O)mastopexy
P)myopathy
Q)neuroma
R)osteotome
S)rhinoplasty
T)tracheostomy