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 

300

-poiesis

formation 

400

-penia 

abnormal reduction 

500

-ectomy 

to remove

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 

Bluish discoloration 

200

rhinoplasty 

A. Plastic nose

B. Surgically forming of the nose 

C. Constipation of a Rhino

D. Surgery on a Rhino 

surgically forming the nose

300

hydrophobia

A. Water park

B. phalloplasty

C. Fear of water 

D. nystagmus

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

medicine pertaining to children

500

erythrocyte

A. used to treat a bacterial infections 

B. lack of oxygen 

C. anemia 

D. red blood cells 

red blood cells 

Definitions

100

discharge of pus

A. Pyorrhea

B. phalloplasty

C. esotropia

D. nystagmus

pyorrhea

200

Fear of cancer 

A. Pteromerhanophobia 

B. Carcinophobia

C. Entomophobia 

D. Cynophobia

Carcinophobia 

300

Study of woman 

A. Cerclage 

B. Dysplasia 

C. Gynecology

D. Endometriosis 

gynecology

400

condition that makes your heart beat more than 100 times per minute.

A. Biopsy 

B. Tachycardia

C. Speculum 

D. Cardiomegaly 

Tachycardia

500

pus producing infection of the kidney 

A. Blister

B. Butterfly rash

C. Pyonephrosis

D. Paronychia 

pyonephrosis