HTA - MA Medical Terminology

Prefixes

100

meso- 

middle 

200

meta-

beyond, after, change 

300

macro-

large, long

400

poly-

many, much 

500

micro-

small 

Suffixes

100

-itis

inflammation 

200

-oid

resembling, like 

300

-poiesis

formation, production

400

-penia 

condition of deficiency

500

-ectomy 

cutting out

Combining Forms

100

ped/o

child

200

erythr/o

red

300

rhin/o

nose

400

carcin/o

cancer

500

hist/o

tissue

Medical Terms

100

cyanosis

A. Bluish discoloration 

B. Hemorrhage 

C. Liver diseased

D. None of the above 

A. Bluish discoloration 

200

rhinoplasty 

A. Plastic nose

B. Surgically forming of the nose 

C. Constipation of a Rhino

D. Surgery on a Rhino 

B. surgically forming the nose

300

hydrophobia

A. Water park

B. phalloplasty

C. Fear of water 

D. nystagmus

C. Fear of water 

400

pediatrics

A. to remove thick, hard skin on the feet

B. medicine pertaining to children 

C. Pedialyte

D. Foot doctor who gives pedicures

B. medicine pertaining to children

500

erythrocyte

A. used to treat a bacterial infections 

B. lack of oxygen 

C. anemia 

D. red blood cells 

D. red blood cells 

Definitions

100

discharge of pus

A. Pyorrhea

B. phalloplasty

C. esotropia

D. nystagmus

A.  pyorrhea

200

Fear of cancer 

A. Pteromerhanophobia 

B. Carcinophobia

C. Entomophobia 

D. Cynophobia

B. Carcinophobia 

300

Study of woman 

A. Cerclage 

B. Dysplasia 

C. Gynecology

D. Endometriosis 

C. gynecology

400

Heart beating more than 100 times per minute.

A. Biopsy 

B. Tachycardia

C. Speculum 

D. Cardiomegaly 

B. Tachycardia

500

pus producing infection of the kidney 

A. Blister

B. Butterfly rash

C. Pyonephrosis

D. Paronychia 

C. pyonephrosis