Medical Terminology: Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes for Healthcare Students Practice Test

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• Which combining form means clot of blood?
• Which prefix means Across?
• Which combining form means relation to the palate?
• Which prefix means Life?
• Which suffix means softening?
• Which combining form means hidden or obscure?
• Which combining form means flesh?
• Which suffix means growth?
• Which combining form means cheek?
• Which suffix denotes tumors and other abnormal growths?
• Which combining form denotes sclerosis or hardness?
• Pertaining to the tongue?
• Which suffix denotes 'narrow; short; contracted'?
• Which combining form means kidney?
• Which combining form is a derivative of the Latin word lamina meaning something thin, such as a thin plate or a fish scale?
• Which prefix means 'On the outside; beyond'?
• Which combining form is a prefix meaning first?
• Which suffix means disintegration?
• Which combining form means vein?
• Which combining form means rod-shaped?
• The prefix meaning Alongside of is?
• Which combining form pertains to aging; old age?
• Which prefix denotes 'Beyond; excess'?
• Which prefix means Through; b/w; asunder?
• Which prefix means 'against'?
• Which prefix means Before; in behalf of?
• Which combining form indicates relationship to nature?
• The combining form used to refer to uvula and grape-like clusters or staphylococcus is which?
• The prefix meaning All; entire is?
• Malignant tumor of connective tissue/non-epithelial.
• Which combining form means yellow?
• Which combining form is used to describe dryness in terms like xerosis?
• Which combining form means fat?
• Which combining form means pertaining to the body?
• Which combining form means pertaining to lips?
• The combining form that refers to hair is which?
• Which combining form means eardrum, tympanum of the ear?
• Which combining form denotes green or association with chlorine?
• Which combining form means viscera?
• Which suffix means killing?
• Which combining form denotes pert. to the lower jaw?
• The combining form meaning pertaining to dura mater is which?
• Which combining form is derived from a word meaning thin, such as a plate or fish scale?
• Which combining form indicates mouth?
• Which combining form indicates relationship to a nerve, nervous tissue, or nervous system?
• Pertaining to tears is indicated by which combining form?
• Which suffix means 'Condition of; disease of; intensive'?
• Which combining form means 'tail'?
• Which prefix means posterior?
• Which suffix means formation or plastic repair?
• Which suffix means formation or growth?
• Which prefix means half?
• Pert. to the breast?
• The combining form that denotes the outermost meningeal layer is which?
• Which combining form means pertaining to the skin?
• Which combining form denotes spinal cord or bone marrow?
• Which combining form relates to the gums of the mouth?
• Which combining form pertains to cartilages?
• What combining form means 'milk'?
• Which combining form denotes pert. to the upper jaw?
• Which suffix means run; running?
• Pert. to the brain?
• Combining form meaning chest or chest wall?
• Which prefix means All; entire?
• The prefix meaning Before is?
• Which term means madness or insane desire?
• The combining form pertaining to the head is which?
• Which prefix means 'three'?
• Which suffix denotes enlargement of an organ?
• Which combining form denotes the cell?
• What combining form means 'tail'?
• Which combining form means red?
• The combining form that means beneath or below is which of the following?
• What is the combining form meaning death?
• Which combining form means back of the head or skull?
• Which combining form means lips?
• Which combining form denotes the muscle tissue itself in terms used in anatomy?
• Which combining form means crown or circle?
• Which combining form denotes the angle formed by the junction of distal and buccal surfaces of a tooth?
• The prefix supra- means?
• Which prefix means 'Out; on the outside'?
• Which combining form denotes producing or pertaining to low temperatures?
• Which combining form means stone or calculus?
• Which combining form pertains to gold?
• Which combining form pertains to fungus?
• Which combining form is used to describe the brain?
• Which combining form is used to denote cartilage?
• Which combining form relates to the intestines?
• Which prefix means four?
• Which suffix means disease or suffering?
• Which form means chest or chest wall?
• Which prefix means the soul, the mind, the understanding?
• Prefix indicating related to tissue?
• Which combining form means 'starch'?
• Which combining form denotes joints?
• Which suffix means blood?
• Which prefix meaning 'negative, none' is represented by 'an-'?
• Which combining form is a prefix meaning jaw?
• Formation; development; a growth.
• Which combining form is used to describe old age in medical terms?
• Which combining form denotes the skin?
• Which prefix means Small?
• Which combining form denotes relationship to skin?
• Which prefix is defined as Life?
• Which prefix means 'with; together; in association'?
• Which combining form means cancer-causing?
• The prefix with the meaning 'Beyond; over' is?
• Which combining form pertains to the gallbladder?
• Which prefix means 'not' typically used before vowels?
• Which prefix means out?
• Which prefix means 'Bad; poor, evil'?
• In the term tachycardia, what does tachy- mean?
• Which combining form indicates relationship to a bone?
• Which combining form means twisted?
• Which combining form is used to indicate hearing in medical terms?
• Which combining form means yellow coloration?
• The combining form indicating the uvula or grape-like clusters and staphylococcus is which?
• Which combining form denotes a growth or mass protruding from a mucous membrane?
• Which prefix means Excessive; through?
• Which combining form means lateral, to one side?
• Which prefix means Slow?
• Which term means infection?
• Which combining form denotes the tympanic membrane of the ear?
• Which combining form pertains to calcium or lime?
• What combining form means 'within'?
• Which combining form means four?
• Which combining form means pertaining to infants and children?
• Which combining form denotes relationship to the membranes covering the spinal cord or brain?
• Which root means intestines?
• Against.
• Which combining form means extremity, top, or extreme point?
• Which root means viscera?
• Which prefix means Before; in behalf of?
• Which suffix means feeling, sensation?
• Which suffix means surgical removal of a specified part of the body?
• Which combining form means sleepy or drowsy?
• Which prefix means Across?
• Which prefix means new?
• Which combining form means two being linked end to end?
• Which combining form means heat?
• Which prefix means many?
• Which combining form denotes a gland?
• The combining form that denotes blood is which?
• Which combining form means pertaining to the cerebrum?
• Which prefix signifies 'Against'?
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• Which combining form pertains to sweating or perspiration?
• Which prefix pertains to water or hydrogen?
• Which prefix denotes 'Beyond; excess'?
• Which suffix is used to denote regurgitation?
• From the Greek word 'iatros' meaning healer; which combining form relates to a physician or medicine?
• Which suffix means broken?
• Which combining form means near?
• Which prefix means fast?
• Which combining form means pertaining to protection or exemption from a disease?
• Which suffix means 'a branch of knowledge'?
• Prefix denoting the spinal cord or bone marrow?
• Which suffix means relating to urine?
• Which prefix means above or superior?
• Which suffix means inflammation?
• Which combining form signifies white or colorless, related to leukocytes?
• The prefix meaning After is?
• Which prefix means Under?
• Which prefix is listed with no definition in the material?
• What combining form means 'beneath'?
• Which prefix means to suppress or restrain?
• Which combining form refers to a sac or pouch in the walls of a canal or organ?
• Which term denotes infection?
• Which combining form denotes hardening or sclerosis?
• Which combining form means love?
• Which prefix meaning dry?
• Which suffix means broken?
• Which combining form means having four or consisting of four?
• Which prefix means Through; between; asunder?
• Which combining form would you use to describe the windpipe?
• Which prefix means Together?
• Which suffix would denote a urine-related condition?
• Which combining form means pertaining to the armpit?
• Which prefix indicates relationship to life?
• Which root means crown or circle?
• Which suffix denotes a malignant tumor of connective tissue?
• Vesicles due to retention of sweat; sweat glands are referred to by which combining form?
• Prefix meaning red?
• Which prefix means Large; long; big?
• Which combining form would be used to describe studies of the mouth?
• Which combining form means pertaining to birth?
• Which combining form is used in medical terms to mean tissue death or necrosis?
• Which prefix means one as in unilateral?
• Which combining form means knowledge or diagnosis?
• Which suffix means run; running?
• Which combining form means extremity, top, or extreme point?
• Which prefix means out and appears in exhale?
• Which combining form is used as a prefix to indicate relationship to skin?
• Which combining form means lip?
• Palate relation?
• Which prefix means Over; above; beyond?
• Which prefix means 'Within'?
• Which combining form pertains to muscles and muscle movements?
• Which combining form means pertaining to hearing?
• Which term denotes the mucous membrane lining the eyelids and reflected onto the eyeball?
• Which prefix expresses 'Within'?
• Prefix indicating posterior, situated behind or towards the back.
• Which combining form means the cheek; the fleshy portion of the side of the face?
• The prefix meaning Before is?
• Which root means kidney?
• Which combining form pertains to muscle?
• Which combining form refers to veins?
• Which combining form means pertaining to the fingernails?
• Which combining form is used to indicate eye or vision?
• Which combining form means cause?
• Which combining form is used to refer to the liver?
• Lacking in movement, action, or change.
• Which combining form denotes the kidney?
• Which prefix means 'negative, none'?
• Which combining form indicates disease or suffering?
• Which suffix means disease or suffering?
• Which prefix means Around?
• Which combining form denotes the stomach?
• Which suffix means enzyme?
• Which combining form denotes a blood clot (thrombus)?
• Which combining form indicates relationship to sugar or glycerol?
• Which prefix means self?
• Which suffix is used to form words meaning enzyme?
• The prefix meaning Under is?
• Which prefix would you use to indicate something located below another structure?
• Which combining form pertains to teeth?
• Which combining form is used to describe a diverticulum or pouch in a tubular organ?
• Which form means stone or calculus?
• Which combining form means nearest point of; closely related; nearest?
• Which combining form indicates life or living organism?
• Which suffix means breath or respiration?
• Which prefix means many and is used in multinational?
• Which prefix means four, the extremities?
• Which prefix means 'Half'?
• Which prefix means 'Backward'?
• Which suffix means formation or plastic repair?
• Which term lines eyelids mucous membrane?
• Which combining form denotes nails in medical terminology?
• Which combining form means lip (pertaining to the lips)?
• Which suffix means growth?
• Which combining form means lung?
• Which combining form is used to denote starch?
• Which combining form means above, beyond, or superior?
• Three.
• Which combining form is used to denote physician or medicine?
• Which combining form is used to denote the relationship to nature in medical terminology?
• The prefix meaning Between is?
• Which suffix means regurgitation?
• Which prefix signifies man, male, or masculine?
• Which combining form means relating to the eye?
• Which combining form means dark blue?
• Which combining form pertains to night and darkness?
• The prefix meaning Before; in behalf of is?
• Which prefix means four and is the Latin-derived form used in 'quadrant'?
• Which term means the back of the head or skull?
• Which combining form pertains to the eye or vision?
• Which prefix means 'with; together; in association'?
• Which combining form means 'within'?
• Which prefix would be used to indicate Under?
• Which term pertains to the cerebellum?
• Which prefix means one?
• Which combining form means 'smooth'?
• Which prefix denotes a relationship to hair?
• Which combining form indicates cancer-causing agents?
• Which combining form means heat or fire?
• Which combining form denotes the heart?
• Which combining form means a nipple?
• Which prefix meaning blood?
• What combining form means 'smooth'?
• Which form relates to tissue?
• Which prefix means Together; with; along; beside?
• Which form means tears?
• Thirst is represented by which combining form?
• Which combining form relates to the arachnoid membranes?
• Which combining form relates to knowledge (diagnosis)?
• Bronchi or windpipe?
• Which combining form means pertaining to saliva?
• Which combining form is used to denote fingernails?
• Combining form indicating relationship to a tumor swelling or mass?
• Which suffix means inflammation?
• Which prefix means 'Out'?
• Which combining form denotes epithelial tissue; pertaining to or composed of epithelium?
• Which combining form pertains to the arachnoid?
• Which combining form means a nipple or resembling a nipple?
• Involuntary contraction, twitching.
• Which combining form denotes hardness or sclerosis?
• Which combining form means movement or motion (often used with muscles)?
• Which form denotes tongue?
• Which combining form denotes saliva?
• What is the combining form meaning twisted?
• Which combining form means lymph?
• Which suffix means lack or deficiency?
• Which prefix means 'Against'?
• Which prefix means difficult or bad?
• Which suffix means eating, swallowing?
• Which prefix means middle?
• Which combining form relates to fat?
• Which prefix indicates moving backward or behind?
• Which prefix means half, used in hemisphere?
• Which prefix indicates the liver?
• Which root means joints?
• Combining form indicating relationship to the thymus?
• Which suffix means enlargement?
• Which suffix means disintegration?
• Study of a subject of study; a branch of knowledge.
• The combining form that means birth is which?
• Which prefix indicates germ or bud?
• Which prefix means 'not' typically used before consonants?
• Which prefix denotes a gland?
• Which suffix means hardness?
• Which combining form means light?
• Which prefix or combining form indicates blood?
• Which combining form denotes the state of being or existing first?