Med Term Practice Quizzes
The combining form onco means:
a. cyst
b. tumor
c. growth
d. swelling - ANS tumor
A physician who specializes in the study of tumors is called a/an...
a. oncologist
b. optometrist
c. autologist
b. tumorologist - ANS oncologist
The prefix "brady" (as in bradycardia) means...
a. fast
b. slow
c. dysrhythmic
d. good - ANS slow
Which of the following suffixes means "enlargement or large"
a. -megaly
b.- plegia
c.- phobia
d.- rrhea - ANS -megaly
,Which term means to lead toward the middle?
a. abduct
b. adduct
c. thoraduct
d. seraduct - ANS adduct
The prefix ab means:
a. away from
b. toward
c. near
d. far - ANS away from
The word fungi is the ________ form of the term fungus
a. plural
b. singular
c. blank - ANS plural
__________ is the branch of medicine concerned with diseases of the skin.
a. Dermatologist
b. Dermalogy
c. Dermatology
d. Dermatosis - ANS Dermatology
Which of the following is 1/100 of a meter?
a. centimeter
,b. decimeter
c. millimeter
d. nanometer - ANS centimeter
A condition in which there is a death of tissue is...
a. necrosis
b. neurosis
c. necrose
d. nephrosis - ANS necrosis
A leukocyte would be what color?
a. grayish
b. white
c. blue
d. yellow - ANS white
_______ is the branch of medicine concerned with the aspects of aging.
a. Geriatrician
b. Geriatrics
c. Geratic
d. Geratrics - ANS geriatrics
A/an __________ is an agent that works against coughing.
a. antiseptic
b. antipyretic
, c. antitussive
d. antitode - ANS antitussive
The suffix ________ means the study of....
a. logist
b. logy
c. logo
d. logos - ANS logy
What color is chlorophyll (prefix chlor)?
a. blue
b. green
c. red
d. black - ANS green
Which suffix is related to nourishment and/or development?
a. -ist
b. -plasia
c. -pnea
d. -trophy - ANS -trophy
This term means "a bad condition"
a. cachexia
b. efferent
c. antitonia
The combining form onco means:
a. cyst
b. tumor
c. growth
d. swelling - ANS tumor
A physician who specializes in the study of tumors is called a/an...
a. oncologist
b. optometrist
c. autologist
b. tumorologist - ANS oncologist
The prefix "brady" (as in bradycardia) means...
a. fast
b. slow
c. dysrhythmic
d. good - ANS slow
Which of the following suffixes means "enlargement or large"
a. -megaly
b.- plegia
c.- phobia
d.- rrhea - ANS -megaly
,Which term means to lead toward the middle?
a. abduct
b. adduct
c. thoraduct
d. seraduct - ANS adduct
The prefix ab means:
a. away from
b. toward
c. near
d. far - ANS away from
The word fungi is the ________ form of the term fungus
a. plural
b. singular
c. blank - ANS plural
__________ is the branch of medicine concerned with diseases of the skin.
a. Dermatologist
b. Dermalogy
c. Dermatology
d. Dermatosis - ANS Dermatology
Which of the following is 1/100 of a meter?
a. centimeter
,b. decimeter
c. millimeter
d. nanometer - ANS centimeter
A condition in which there is a death of tissue is...
a. necrosis
b. neurosis
c. necrose
d. nephrosis - ANS necrosis
A leukocyte would be what color?
a. grayish
b. white
c. blue
d. yellow - ANS white
_______ is the branch of medicine concerned with the aspects of aging.
a. Geriatrician
b. Geriatrics
c. Geratic
d. Geratrics - ANS geriatrics
A/an __________ is an agent that works against coughing.
a. antiseptic
b. antipyretic
, c. antitussive
d. antitode - ANS antitussive
The suffix ________ means the study of....
a. logist
b. logy
c. logo
d. logos - ANS logy
What color is chlorophyll (prefix chlor)?
a. blue
b. green
c. red
d. black - ANS green
Which suffix is related to nourishment and/or development?
a. -ist
b. -plasia
c. -pnea
d. -trophy - ANS -trophy
This term means "a bad condition"
a. cachexia
b. efferent
c. antitonia
