Common medical terms

This term means "inability or refusal to swallow".

• dysphagia

• aphagia

• aplasia

• dysplasia

Which of the following prefixes means "slow"

• Tachy

• Brady

This prefix means "difficult/abnormal"

• laparo-

• carcino-

• dys-

• cyto-

This medical term means "loss of ability to understand or express speech."

• aphagia

• polydipsia

• aphasia

• polyphagia

The suffix -esthesia/o means:

• urination

• sensation

• perception

• none of the above

This suffix means "creation of an opening".

• -plasty

• -scopy

• -stomy

• -osis

This term means "softening of the bones".

• osteoarthritis

• osteomyelitis

• osteomalacia

• rheumatoid arthritis

The suffix -itis means:

• enlargement

• inflammation

• swelling

• bleeding

This term means "resembling fats".

• lipodema

• lipema

• lipoid

• lipase

The suffix -rhexxis means

• discharge

• abnormal reduction

• leakage

• rupture