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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 1-7 AHP 11 EXAM
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ESTUDYMEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 1-7 AHP 11 EXAM
1. **What does the suffix "-algia" mean?**
- A) Pain, painful condition
- B) Disease
- C) Inflammation
- D) Rupture
- **Answer**: A) Pain, painful condition
2. **Which prefix means "bad, difficult, painful"?**
- A) hyper-
- B) dys-
- C) hypo-
- D) eu-
- **Answer**: B) dys-
3. **What is the meaning of the suffix "-ectomy"?**
- A) Surgical removal, cutting out
- B) Inflammation
- C) Enlargement
- D) Abnormal condition
- **Answer**: A) Surgical removal, cutting out
4. **The prefix "hyper-" refers to:**
- A) Below, deficient
- B) Excessive, increased
- C) Normal
- D) Small
- **Answer**: B) Excessive, increased
5. **What does the prefix "hypo-" indicate?**
- A) Above
- B) Slow
- C) Below, deficient
- D) Normal
- **Answer**: C) Below, deficient
6. **Which suffix means "inflammation"?**
- A) -ectomy
- B) -osis
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- C) -itis
- D) -rrhea
- **Answer**: C) -itis
7. **The suffix "-osis" is used to describe:**
- A) Inflammation
- B) Abnormal condition, disease
- C) Surgical removal
- D) Rupture
- **Answer**: B) Abnormal condition, disease
8. **What is the meaning of the suffix "-ostomy"?**
- A) Cutting, surgical incision
- B) Surgical repair
- C) Abnormal hardening
- D) Surgical creation of an opening
- **Answer**: D) Surgical creation of an opening
9. **Which suffix means "cutting, surgical incision"?**
- A) -ectomy
- B) -otomy
- C) -plasty
- D) -rrhaphy
- **Answer**: B) -otomy
10. **The suffix "-plasty" refers to:**
- A) Bleeding
- B) Surgical repair
- C) Inflammation
- D) Rupture
- **Answer**: B) Surgical repair
11. **Which suffix means "bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge"?**
- A) -rrhea
- B) -rrhage
- C) -rrhaphy
- D) -rrhexis
- **Answer**: B) -rrhage
12. **The suffix "-rrhaphy" is used for:**
- A) Surgical suturing
- B) Flow or discharge
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- C) Rupture
- D) Condition of blood
- **Answer**: A) Surgical suturing
13. **What does the suffix "-rrhea" indicate?**
- A) Abnormal narrowing
- B) Flow or discharge
- C) Hardening
- D) Rupture
- **Answer**: B) Flow or discharge
14. **The suffix "-rrhexis" means:**
- A) Abnormal softening
- B) Tissue death
- C) Rupture
- D) Visual examination
- **Answer**: C) Rupture
15. **What is the meaning of the suffix "-sclerosis"?**
- A) Abnormal softening
- B) Abnormal hardening
- C) Enlargement
- D) Tissue death
- **Answer**: B) Abnormal hardening
16. **The suffix "-megaly" refers to:**
- A) Enlargement
- B) Softening
- C) Hardening
- D) Narrowing
- **Answer**: A) Enlargement
17. **Which suffix means "abnormal softening"?**
- A) -sclerosis
- B) -malacia
- C) -megaly
- D) -stenosis
- **Answer**: B) -malacia
18. **What is the meaning of the suffix "-necrosis"?**
- A) Tissue death
- B) Visual examination
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- C) Surgical removal
- D) Narrowing
- **Answer**: A) Tissue death
19. **The suffix "-scopy" refers to:**
- A) Visual examination
- B) Narrowing
- C) Inflammation
- D) Disease
- **Answer**: A) Visual examination
20. **Which suffix means "abnormal narrowing"?**
- A) -sclerosis
- B) -stenosis
- C) -plasty
- D) -rrhea
- **Answer**: B) -stenosis
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