Medical Terms Quiz 1 (Prefixes, Suffixes, And Combining Forms)

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Di- (or Dis-)

Back 1

Two, Twice, Double

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Dys-

Back 2

Difficult, painful, defective, abnormal

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Ec - or Ex-

Back 3

Out of, away from

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Ecto - or Ect-

Back 4

outside of

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en- or em-

Back 5

in, into, within

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endo- or ento-

Back 6

within

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epi- or ep-

Back 7

upon, over, above

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exo-

Back 8

outside, from the outside, toward the outside

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hemi-

Back 9

half, partial, one side of body

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hyper-

Back 10

over, above, excessive, beyond normal

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hypo-

Back 11

under, deficient, below

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mono- or mon-

Back 12

one, single

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a-

Back 13

not, without, lacking, deficient

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anti- or ant-

Back 14

against, opposed to, preventing, relieving

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peri-

Back 15

around, surrounding

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syn-

Back 16

together, joined, with

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-a

Back 17

state, condition (forms nouns)

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-ac

Back 18

pertaining to, located in (forms adjectives)

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-ia

Back 19

state, condition (forms nouns)

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-iac

Back 20

person afflicted with (forms nouns)

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-iasis

Back 21

disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of, often used with name of a parasitic organism to indicate infestation of the body (forms nouns)

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-ic

Back 22

pertaining to, located in (forms adjectives)

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-in or -ine

Back 23

forms names of substances

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-ist

Back 24

a person interested in (forms nouns)

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-itic

Back 25

pertaining to, pertaining to inflammation (forms adjectives)

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-itis

Back 26

inflammation (forms nouns)

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-itides

Back 27

plural form of -itis

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-ium

Back 28

membrane, connective tissue (forms nouns)

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-ma

Back 29

abnormal or diseased condition (forms nouns)

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-osis

Back 30

abnormal or diseased condition (forms nouns)

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-sia

Back 31

state, condition (forms nouns)

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-sis

Back 32

state, condition

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-tic

Back 33

often indicate drug or agent

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cata-

Back 34

Downward, disorderd

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dia-

Back 35

through, across, apart

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eso-

Back 36

within, inner, inward

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eu-

Back 37

good, normal, healthy

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heter-

Back 38

different, other, relationship to other

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homo- or homeo-

Back 39

same, likeness

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meta-

Back 40

change, transformation

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para-

Back 41

alongside, around, abnormal, beyond

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pro-

Back 42

before

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pros- or prosth-

Back 43

in place of

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-al

Back 44

pertaining to, located in (adjective suffix)

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-ase

Back 45

forms names of enzymes

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-asia or -asis

Back 46

state, condition

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-ema

Back 47

state, condition

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-esis

Back 48

state, condition, procedure

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-etic

Back 49

pertaining to

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-ics or -tics

Back 50

a particular science or study, science or the study of

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-ism

Back 51

state, condition, or quality

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-ismus

Back 52

state, condition, muscular spasm

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-oid

Back 53

particular shape, form, or resemblance

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-oma

Back 54

usually tumor, occasionally disease

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-ose

Back 55

full of, resembling

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-ous

Back 56

pertaining to, characterized by, full of

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-us

Back 57

condition, person

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-ize

Back 58

to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in (verb formation)

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acanth-

Back 59

thorn, spine

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alg-

Back 60

pain

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alges-

Back 61

sensitivity to pain

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all-

Back 62

other, divergence, difference from

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angi-

Back 63

blood vessel, duct

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arteri-

Back 64

air passage, artery

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arthr-

Back 65

joint

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bi-

Back 66

life

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brady-

Back 67

slow

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cardi-

Back 68

heart

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cephal-

Back 69

head

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crani-

Back 70

skull

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cyt-

Back 71

cell

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encephal-

Back 72

brain

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erythr-

Back 73

red blood cell

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lept-

Back 74

thin, fine, slight

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Leuk-

Back 75

white blood cell

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lith-

Back 76

stone, calculus

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log-

Back 77

word, study

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malac-

Back 78

soft

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mes-

Back 79

middle, secondary, partial, mesentery

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-meter, metr-

Back 80

measure, measuring device

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nephr-

Back 81

kidney

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neur-

Back 82

nerve, nervous system

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Oste-

Back 83

bone

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Prosop-

Back 84

face

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prot-

Back 85

first, primitive, early

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scler-

Back 86

hard

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sten-

Back 87

narrow

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stere-

Back 88

solid, having three dimension

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tachy-

Back 89

rapid

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tox

Back 90

poison

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Acr-

Back 91

extremities (hands and feet)

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Ambly-

Back 92

dull, faint

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carcin-

Back 93

carcinoma, cancer

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-cel-

Back 94

hernia, tumor, swelling

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cheir-,chir-

Back 95

Hand

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Chol(e)-

Back 96

bile, gall

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Col (i)- , colon

Back 97

colon

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cyan-

Back 98

blue

Front 99

cyst (i)- , cystis-

Back 99

bladder, cyst

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Diplo-

Back 100

double, twin

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Enter-

Back 101

small intestine

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Erg-

Back 102

action, work

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Gastr-

Back 103

stomach

Front 104

Hem- , Hemat-

Back 104

blood

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Hepar- , Hepat-

Back 105

Liver

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Lip-

Back 106

fat

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Macr-

Back 107

abnormally large or long

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Mega-

Back 108

large or long

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Melan-

Back 109

black, dark

Front 110

Micr-

Back 110

small

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Nyct-

Back 111

night

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Odyn-

Back 112

Pain

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Onc-

Back 113

tumor

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Pachy-

Back 114

thick

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Psued-

Back 115

false

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Py-

Back 116

pus

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Sarc-

Back 117

flesh, soft tissue

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spasm-

Back 118

spasm

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Splen-

Back 119

Spleen

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stom- , stomat-

Back 120

mouth, opening