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Medical Terminology Combining Forms, Suffixes, And Prefixes For Healthcare Students Practice Test

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Malignant tumor of connective tissue/non-epithelial.
Correct Answer:
-sarcoma
Explanation:
In pathology, tumors are named by the tissue they arise from and whether they are malignant or benign. A malignant tumor that comes from connective (mesenchymal) tissue—such as bone, cartilage, fat, fibrous tissue, or muscle—is called a sarcoma. The suffix -sarcoma signals this non-epithelial, connective-tissue origin and malignancy. Other endings don’t fit because -osis denotes a condition or process, -plasia refers to abnormal growth (not a specific tumor type), and -static isn’t used to name tumors. The term that correctly denotes a malignant connective-tissue tumor is -sarcoma.

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