Understanding Medical Prefixes and Roots Quiz

Hyper- in medical terms indicates excessive or beyond normal levels.

Cardi is the root word associated with the heart in medical terminology.

Hypo- in medical terms signifies below or beneath the normal level.

Arthr is the root word related to the study of joints in medical terminology.

Peri- in medical terms means around or surrounding.

Hepat is the root word associated with the liver in medical terminology.

-itis in medical terms indicates inflammation of a particular organ or tissue.

-ectomy in medical terms denotes the surgical removal of a specified organ or tissue.

Neur is the root word related to the study of the nervous system in medical terminology.

Pseudo- in medical terms signifies something false or not genuine.