Medical Terminology Quiz

Try out this Medical Terminology quiz to test your knowledge. Medical Terminology trivia explores the words healthcare professionals use to describe the body, diseases, treatments, and procedures.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
What is the official international standard used for human anatomical terminology?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Stedman's Medical Dictionary takes its name from which medical lexicographer?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work that led to CT scanning?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Which scientist identified the tuberculosis bacillus in 1882?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Who proposed that mosquitoes transmit yellow fever?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Florence Nightingale's nursing reputation was forged during which war?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Bethesda, Maryland, is the headquarters of what major U.S. biomedical research institution?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Ebola virus disease gets its name from which river?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
In medical word-building, which combining form points specifically to the nail?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Which suffix means 'flow or discharge' in medical terminology?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
If a term ends in a suffix meaning 'bursting forth,' especially of blood, which suffix is it?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
Which suffix signals a deficiency or decrease?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
On a prescription, what does BID traditionally mean?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
What is the medical term for an abnormally slow heart rate?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Which term means difficult or labored breathing?

What is the official international standard used for human anatomical terminology?

Stedman's Medical Dictionary takes its name from which medical lexicographer?

Who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work that led to CT scanning?

Which scientist identified the tuberculosis bacillus in 1882?

Who proposed that mosquitoes transmit yellow fever?

Florence Nightingale's nursing reputation was forged during which war?

Bethesda, Maryland, is the headquarters of what major U.S. biomedical research institution?

Ebola virus disease gets its name from which river?

In medical word-building, which combining form points specifically to the nail?

Which suffix means 'flow or discharge' in medical terminology?

If a term ends in a suffix meaning 'bursting forth,' especially of blood, which suffix is it?

Which suffix signals a deficiency or decrease?

On a prescription, what does BID traditionally mean?

What is the medical term for an abnormally slow heart rate?

Which term means difficult or labored breathing?