SKILLSUSA MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 2026 EXAMS SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔-algia - ✔✔Pain
✔✔All/o - ✔✔Other
✔✔Alveol/o - ✔✔Alveolus
✔✔Ambly/o - ✔✔Dim, dull
✔✔-amine - ✔✔Nitrogen compound
✔✔Amni/o - ✔✔Amnion
✔✔Amyl/o - ✔✔Starch
✔✔An/o - ✔✔Anus
✔✔-an - ✔✔Pertaining to
✔✔Ana- - ✔✔Up, apart, backward, again, anew
✔✔Andr/o - ✔✔Male
✔✔Aneurysm/o - ✔✔Aneurysm
✔✔Angi/o - ✔✔Vessel
✔✔Ankyl/o - ✔✔Stiff
✔✔Anis/o - ✔✔Unequal
✔✔Ante- - ✔✔Before
✔✔Anter/o - ✔✔Front
✔✔Anthrac/o - ✔✔Coal
✔✔anthr/o - ✔✔anthrum of the stomach
✔✔anti- - ✔✔against
,✔✔anxi/o - ✔✔uneasy; anxious
✔✔aort/o - ✔✔aorta
✔✔-apheresis - ✔✔removal
✔✔aphth/o - ✔✔ulcer
✔✔apo- - ✔✔off, away
✔✔aponeur/o - ✔✔aponeurosis
✔✔append/o - ✔✔appendix
✔✔appendic/o - ✔✔appendix
✔✔aque/o - ✔✔water
✔✔-ar - ✔✔pertaining to
✔✔-arche - ✔✔beginning
✔✔arter/o - ✔✔artery
✔✔arteri/o - ✔✔artery
✔✔arteriol/o - ✔✔arteriole
✔✔arthr/o - ✔✔joint
✔✔-arthria - ✔✔articulate
✔✔articul/o - ✔✔joint
✔✔-ary - ✔✔pertaining to
✔✔asbest/o - ✔✔asbestos
✔✔-ase - ✔✔enzyme
✔✔-asthenia - ✔✔lack of strength
✔✔atel/o - ✔✔incomplete
,✔✔ather/o - ✔✔plaque
✔✔-ation - ✔✔process, condition
✔✔atri/o - ✔✔atrium
✔✔audi/o - ✔✔hearing
✔✔audit/o - ✔✔hearing
✔✔aur/o - ✔✔ear
✔✔auricul/o - ✔✔ear
✔✔aut/o - ✔✔self, own
✔✔axill/o - ✔✔armpit
✔✔azot/o - ✔✔urea, nitrogen
✔✔bacill/o - ✔✔bacilli
✔✔bacteri/o - ✔✔bacteria
✔✔balan/o - ✔✔glans penis
✔✔bar/o - ✔✔pressure, weight
✔✔bartholin/o - ✔✔bartholin glands
✔✔bas/o - ✔✔base
✔✔bi- - ✔✔two
✔✔bi/o - ✔✔life
✔✔bil/i - ✔✔bile, gall
✔✔bilirubin/o - ✔✔bilirubin
✔✔-blast - ✔✔immature cell
, ✔✔-blastoma - ✔✔immature tumor
✔✔blephar/o - ✔✔eyelid
✔✔bol/o - ✔✔cast, throw
✔✔brachi/o - ✔✔arm
✔✔brachy- - ✔✔short
✔✔brady- - ✔✔slow
✔✔bronch/o - ✔✔bronchial tube
✔✔bronchi/o - ✔✔bronchial tube
✔✔bronchiol/o - ✔✔bronchiole
✔✔bucc/o - ✔✔cheek
✔✔bunion/o - ✔✔bunion
✔✔burs/o - ✔✔bursa
✔✔byssin/o - ✔✔cotton dust
✔✔cac/o - ✔✔bad
✔✔calc/o - ✔✔calcium
✔✔calcane/o - ✔✔calcaneus
✔✔calci/o - ✔✔calcium
✔✔cali/o - ✔✔calyx
✔✔capillar/o - ✔✔capillary
✔✔capn/o - ✔✔carbon dioxide
✔✔-capnia - ✔✔carbon dioxide
✔✔carcin/o - ✔✔cancer
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔-algia - ✔✔Pain
✔✔All/o - ✔✔Other
✔✔Alveol/o - ✔✔Alveolus
✔✔Ambly/o - ✔✔Dim, dull
✔✔-amine - ✔✔Nitrogen compound
✔✔Amni/o - ✔✔Amnion
✔✔Amyl/o - ✔✔Starch
✔✔An/o - ✔✔Anus
✔✔-an - ✔✔Pertaining to
✔✔Ana- - ✔✔Up, apart, backward, again, anew
✔✔Andr/o - ✔✔Male
✔✔Aneurysm/o - ✔✔Aneurysm
✔✔Angi/o - ✔✔Vessel
✔✔Ankyl/o - ✔✔Stiff
✔✔Anis/o - ✔✔Unequal
✔✔Ante- - ✔✔Before
✔✔Anter/o - ✔✔Front
✔✔Anthrac/o - ✔✔Coal
✔✔anthr/o - ✔✔anthrum of the stomach
✔✔anti- - ✔✔against
,✔✔anxi/o - ✔✔uneasy; anxious
✔✔aort/o - ✔✔aorta
✔✔-apheresis - ✔✔removal
✔✔aphth/o - ✔✔ulcer
✔✔apo- - ✔✔off, away
✔✔aponeur/o - ✔✔aponeurosis
✔✔append/o - ✔✔appendix
✔✔appendic/o - ✔✔appendix
✔✔aque/o - ✔✔water
✔✔-ar - ✔✔pertaining to
✔✔-arche - ✔✔beginning
✔✔arter/o - ✔✔artery
✔✔arteri/o - ✔✔artery
✔✔arteriol/o - ✔✔arteriole
✔✔arthr/o - ✔✔joint
✔✔-arthria - ✔✔articulate
✔✔articul/o - ✔✔joint
✔✔-ary - ✔✔pertaining to
✔✔asbest/o - ✔✔asbestos
✔✔-ase - ✔✔enzyme
✔✔-asthenia - ✔✔lack of strength
✔✔atel/o - ✔✔incomplete
,✔✔ather/o - ✔✔plaque
✔✔-ation - ✔✔process, condition
✔✔atri/o - ✔✔atrium
✔✔audi/o - ✔✔hearing
✔✔audit/o - ✔✔hearing
✔✔aur/o - ✔✔ear
✔✔auricul/o - ✔✔ear
✔✔aut/o - ✔✔self, own
✔✔axill/o - ✔✔armpit
✔✔azot/o - ✔✔urea, nitrogen
✔✔bacill/o - ✔✔bacilli
✔✔bacteri/o - ✔✔bacteria
✔✔balan/o - ✔✔glans penis
✔✔bar/o - ✔✔pressure, weight
✔✔bartholin/o - ✔✔bartholin glands
✔✔bas/o - ✔✔base
✔✔bi- - ✔✔two
✔✔bi/o - ✔✔life
✔✔bil/i - ✔✔bile, gall
✔✔bilirubin/o - ✔✔bilirubin
✔✔-blast - ✔✔immature cell
, ✔✔-blastoma - ✔✔immature tumor
✔✔blephar/o - ✔✔eyelid
✔✔bol/o - ✔✔cast, throw
✔✔brachi/o - ✔✔arm
✔✔brachy- - ✔✔short
✔✔brady- - ✔✔slow
✔✔bronch/o - ✔✔bronchial tube
✔✔bronchi/o - ✔✔bronchial tube
✔✔bronchiol/o - ✔✔bronchiole
✔✔bucc/o - ✔✔cheek
✔✔bunion/o - ✔✔bunion
✔✔burs/o - ✔✔bursa
✔✔byssin/o - ✔✔cotton dust
✔✔cac/o - ✔✔bad
✔✔calc/o - ✔✔calcium
✔✔calcane/o - ✔✔calcaneus
✔✔calci/o - ✔✔calcium
✔✔cali/o - ✔✔calyx
✔✔capillar/o - ✔✔capillary
✔✔capn/o - ✔✔carbon dioxide
✔✔-capnia - ✔✔carbon dioxide
✔✔carcin/o - ✔✔cancer
