SKILLSUSA MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔nat/i - ✔✔birth
✔✔natr/o - ✔✔sodium
✔✔necr/o - ✔✔death
✔✔nect/o - ✔✔to bind, tie
✔✔neo- - ✔✔new
✔✔nephr/o - ✔✔kidney
✔✔neur/o - ✔✔nerve
✔✔neutr/o - ✔✔neither
✔✔nid/o - ✔✔nest
✔✔noct/o - ✔✔night
✔✔norm/o - ✔✔rule, order
✔✔Nos/o - ✔✔Disease
✔✔Nucle/o - ✔✔Nucleus
✔✔Null/I - ✔✔None
✔✔Nyct/o - ✔✔Night
✔✔Obstetr/o - ✔✔Pregnancy, childbirth
✔✔Ocul/o - ✔✔Eye
✔✔Odont/o - ✔✔Tooth
✔✔A,an - ✔✔Lack of, without
✔✔Anti,contra - ✔✔Opposed, against
,✔✔Auto - ✔✔Self
✔✔Brachy - ✔✔Short
✔✔Brady - ✔✔Slow, delayed
✔✔Mal - ✔✔Bad, not adequate
✔✔Dia - ✔✔Passing through
✔✔Dys - ✔✔Abnormal, painful, difficult
✔✔Eu - ✔✔Well, normal, good, new
✔✔Hetero - ✔✔Opposite
✔✔Homeo - ✔✔Similar to, same
✔✔Hydro - ✔✔Water
✔✔Mega - ✔✔Large, big
✔✔Micro - ✔✔Small, tiny
✔✔Oligo - ✔✔Few, scanty, sparce
✔✔Pan - ✔✔All
✔✔Pseudo - ✔✔False, fake
✔✔Sym, syn - ✔✔Similarity
✔✔Ad - ✔✔Toward
✔✔Ab - ✔✔Away from
✔✔Ana - ✔✔Back, again
✔✔Ante - ✔✔Before
✔✔Circum, peri - ✔✔Around
✔✔Endo - ✔✔Within
,✔✔Epi - ✔✔Upon, over
✔✔Ex - ✔✔Out of
✔✔Hyper - ✔✔Above normal
✔✔Hypo - ✔✔Below normal
✔✔Infra - ✔✔Below
✔✔Inter - ✔✔Between
✔✔Intra - ✔✔Within
✔✔Meso - ✔✔Middle
✔✔Para - ✔✔Along side of, abnormal
✔✔Retro - ✔✔Backward, behind
✔✔Sub - ✔✔Beneath
✔✔Supra - ✔✔Above, superior
✔✔Alaya - ✔✔Pain
✔✔Itis - ✔✔Inflammation
✔✔Stomy - ✔✔Creating a new opening
✔✔Malacia - ✔✔Softening
✔✔Megaly - ✔✔Enlargement
✔✔Necrosis - ✔✔Death of tissue
✔✔Sclerosis - ✔✔Hardening
✔✔Stenosis - ✔✔Tightening, narrowing
✔✔Centesis - ✔✔Surgical puncture to remove fluid
, ✔✔Ectomy - ✔✔Surgical removal of
✔✔Otomy - ✔✔To cut into
✔✔Graphy - ✔✔Process of recording
✔✔Gram - ✔✔Record
✔✔Plasty - ✔✔Surgical repair
✔✔Scopy - ✔✔Visual examination
✔✔Osis - ✔✔Disease, condition
✔✔Ology - ✔✔Science of, study of
✔✔Ologist - ✔✔Specialist in study of
✔✔Cele - ✔✔Tumor, swelling
✔✔Plegia - ✔✔Paralysis
✔✔Rrhage - ✔✔Hemorrhage, bursting forth
✔✔Rrhaphy - ✔✔Suture,wrap it up, stitch
✔✔Rrhea - ✔✔Excessive discharge
✔✔Rrhexis - ✔✔Rupture
✔✔res ipsa loquitur - ✔✔latin for "the thing speaks for itself"
✔✔rhoncus - ✔✔also known as wheezing; the sound heard during breathing out as air
passes through a partially obstructed airway
✔✔rhinitis - ✔✔Inflammation or irritation of the
nasal passages
✔✔retroversion - ✔✔A turning of an organ backwards
✔✔anteversion - ✔✔a turning of an organ forwards
✔✔resuscitation - ✔✔revival after death
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔nat/i - ✔✔birth
✔✔natr/o - ✔✔sodium
✔✔necr/o - ✔✔death
✔✔nect/o - ✔✔to bind, tie
✔✔neo- - ✔✔new
✔✔nephr/o - ✔✔kidney
✔✔neur/o - ✔✔nerve
✔✔neutr/o - ✔✔neither
✔✔nid/o - ✔✔nest
✔✔noct/o - ✔✔night
✔✔norm/o - ✔✔rule, order
✔✔Nos/o - ✔✔Disease
✔✔Nucle/o - ✔✔Nucleus
✔✔Null/I - ✔✔None
✔✔Nyct/o - ✔✔Night
✔✔Obstetr/o - ✔✔Pregnancy, childbirth
✔✔Ocul/o - ✔✔Eye
✔✔Odont/o - ✔✔Tooth
✔✔A,an - ✔✔Lack of, without
✔✔Anti,contra - ✔✔Opposed, against
,✔✔Auto - ✔✔Self
✔✔Brachy - ✔✔Short
✔✔Brady - ✔✔Slow, delayed
✔✔Mal - ✔✔Bad, not adequate
✔✔Dia - ✔✔Passing through
✔✔Dys - ✔✔Abnormal, painful, difficult
✔✔Eu - ✔✔Well, normal, good, new
✔✔Hetero - ✔✔Opposite
✔✔Homeo - ✔✔Similar to, same
✔✔Hydro - ✔✔Water
✔✔Mega - ✔✔Large, big
✔✔Micro - ✔✔Small, tiny
✔✔Oligo - ✔✔Few, scanty, sparce
✔✔Pan - ✔✔All
✔✔Pseudo - ✔✔False, fake
✔✔Sym, syn - ✔✔Similarity
✔✔Ad - ✔✔Toward
✔✔Ab - ✔✔Away from
✔✔Ana - ✔✔Back, again
✔✔Ante - ✔✔Before
✔✔Circum, peri - ✔✔Around
✔✔Endo - ✔✔Within
,✔✔Epi - ✔✔Upon, over
✔✔Ex - ✔✔Out of
✔✔Hyper - ✔✔Above normal
✔✔Hypo - ✔✔Below normal
✔✔Infra - ✔✔Below
✔✔Inter - ✔✔Between
✔✔Intra - ✔✔Within
✔✔Meso - ✔✔Middle
✔✔Para - ✔✔Along side of, abnormal
✔✔Retro - ✔✔Backward, behind
✔✔Sub - ✔✔Beneath
✔✔Supra - ✔✔Above, superior
✔✔Alaya - ✔✔Pain
✔✔Itis - ✔✔Inflammation
✔✔Stomy - ✔✔Creating a new opening
✔✔Malacia - ✔✔Softening
✔✔Megaly - ✔✔Enlargement
✔✔Necrosis - ✔✔Death of tissue
✔✔Sclerosis - ✔✔Hardening
✔✔Stenosis - ✔✔Tightening, narrowing
✔✔Centesis - ✔✔Surgical puncture to remove fluid
, ✔✔Ectomy - ✔✔Surgical removal of
✔✔Otomy - ✔✔To cut into
✔✔Graphy - ✔✔Process of recording
✔✔Gram - ✔✔Record
✔✔Plasty - ✔✔Surgical repair
✔✔Scopy - ✔✔Visual examination
✔✔Osis - ✔✔Disease, condition
✔✔Ology - ✔✔Science of, study of
✔✔Ologist - ✔✔Specialist in study of
✔✔Cele - ✔✔Tumor, swelling
✔✔Plegia - ✔✔Paralysis
✔✔Rrhage - ✔✔Hemorrhage, bursting forth
✔✔Rrhaphy - ✔✔Suture,wrap it up, stitch
✔✔Rrhea - ✔✔Excessive discharge
✔✔Rrhexis - ✔✔Rupture
✔✔res ipsa loquitur - ✔✔latin for "the thing speaks for itself"
✔✔rhoncus - ✔✔also known as wheezing; the sound heard during breathing out as air
passes through a partially obstructed airway
✔✔rhinitis - ✔✔Inflammation or irritation of the
nasal passages
✔✔retroversion - ✔✔A turning of an organ backwards
✔✔anteversion - ✔✔a turning of an organ forwards
✔✔resuscitation - ✔✔revival after death
