Medical Terms

Lesson 1

100

What does blephar- mean?

a. vessel

b. brain

c. eyelid

c. eyelid

200

What is the medical term for a surgical removal?

a. -ology

b. -ectomy

c. -otomy

b. -ectomy

300

Which of these is the word for a condition of the skin?

a. gastrosis

b. adenosis

c. dermatosis

c. dermatosis

400

Which of these endings completes the word for inflammation of the kidney? nephr-

a. -itis

b. -oma

c. -ic

a. -itis

500

What does the medical term blepharospasm mean?

a. muscle spasm caused by the contraction of the eyelid

b. the study of the nose

c. an example of a body spasm

a. muscle spasm caused by the contraction of the eyelid

Lesson 2

100

What is the prefix for cartilage?

a. chole-

b. chondr-

c. cervic-

b. chondr-

200

What is the medical term for observe?

a. para-

b. -scop

c. -ost

b. -scop

300

Which of these is the word for a surgical removal of a muscle tumor?

a. adenoid

b. osteoma

c. myomatectomy

c. myomatectomy

400

Which of these endings completes the word for the excision of a cyst?

a. -ectomy

b. -osis

c. -lysis

a. -ectomy

500

What does the medical term stethoscope mean?

a. An instrument for observing small things

b. An instrument for observing the chest

c. An instrument for observing distant things

b. An instrument for observing the chest

Lesson 3

100

What does the prefix acro- mean?

a. extremities

b. rib

c. development

a. extremities

200

What is the medical term for twist?

a. strept-

b. mani-

c. gen-

a. strept-

300

Which of these is the word for a cyst filled with water?

a. hydremia

b. cytopenia

c. hydrocyst

c. hydrocyst

400

Which of these endings completes the word for an entire set of natural or artificial teeth? dent-

a. -ure

b. -ist

c. -al

a. -ure

500

What does the medical term retrocardiac mean?

a. the act of drawing back

b. behind the heart

c. one who is affected with mania

b. behind the heart

Lesson 4

100

What does the prefix lobo- mean?

a. section

b. stomach

c. tooth

a. section

200

What is the medical term for mild; not cancerous?

a. canthal

b. celiac

c. benign

c. benign

300

Which of these is the word for a white blood cell?

a. lingual

b. leukocyte

c. myringa

b. leukocyte

400

Which of these endings completes the word for a small vessel? vascul-

a. -ar

b. -ectomy

c. -um

c. -um

500

What does the medical term celitis mean?

a. any inflammation of the abdomen

b. pertaining to the abdomen

c. surgical incision into the abdominal cavity

 

a. any inflammation of the abdomen