2 Medical Prefixes Online Quiz Questions

In the term intercostal, what does the prefix inter- indicate?

A clinician uses the term tachycardia to describe a heart rate. What does the prefix indicate about the rate?

True or false: Every medical term must have a prefix.

Select all prefixes that mean “one.”

In abduction, what prefix indicates movement away from the body's midline?

A structure is described as retrosternal. Where is it located in relation to the breastbone?

In dysuria, what prefix indicates painful or difficult urination?

Select all prefixes whose meanings include “within” or “inside.”

True or false: Bradycardia describes a slower-than-usual heart rate, but that description alone does not establish whether it is a medical problem.

Which interpretation best matches hyperglycemia?

What does macrocyte mean, based on the prefix and the word part for cell?

Explain how the word parts in hemiplegia combine to give the term's plain-language meaning.

A medication is delivered subcutaneously. Where is it delivered?

An intercostal muscle lies in which position relative to the ribs?

A report describes a structure as retrosternal, meaning it is behind the breastbone. Which prefix signals “behind”?

During an examination, a patient moves an arm away from the body's midline. Which movement is being described?

Dysuria describes painful or difficult urination.

A clinician uses the term oliguria for low urine output. Which prefix indicates that the amount is scanty?