Acro Words Quiz #1

Choose one answer for each number that correctly matches the definitions or statements in the questions. When you click on the Calculate your score button, you will receive a score and, if you choose any incorrect answers, you will also be told which questions have the wrong responses (including those that were left unanswered).


1. A condition affecting the extremities, especially the feet, marked by burning and throbbing sensations that come and go.
(a) acrokeratosis (b) acrohyperhidrosis (c) acrognosis
(d) acroesthesia (e) acromelalgia

2. Undue, or abnormal, growth of the extremities (hands or feet) resulting in deformity.
(a) acrolith (b) acrokinesia (c) acrohypothermia
(d) acrometagenesis (e) acroleukopathy

3. Sensory recognition of the limbs and of the different parts of each limb in relation to each other; normal sensory perception of the extremities.
(a) acrodynia (b) acrognosis (c) acrocephalia (d) acroataxia
(e) acrocinesia

4. Abnormal freedom of movement.
(a) acrogeria (b) acrocyanosis (c) acrocinesia (d) acrodynia
(e) acrodendrophilous

5. Lack of sensory recognition of a limb (arms and/or legs).
(a) acroagnosis (b) acrodysostosis (c) acrognosia
(d) acrocyanosis (e) acrocephalous

6. Abnormal coldness of the hands and feet.
(a) acrohyperhidrosis (b) acrokinesia (c) acrogenous
(d) acrohypothermia (e) acrodysesthesia

7. Disease of infancy and early childhood characterized by pain and swelling in, and pink coloration of, the fingers and toes.
(a) acroanesthesia (b) acrometagenesis (c) acrodynia
(d) acroagnosis (e) acrocephalia

8. In early Greek sculpture, a statue with a stone head, hands, and feet, and a wooden trunk.
(a) acromacria (b) acromelic (c) acromioplasty (d) acromelalgia
(e) acrolith

9. A condition in which the extremities of the skeleton are small and delicate (hypoplasia) including the nose, jaws, fingers, and toes.
(a) acromyotonia (b) acromicria (c) acrocarpous (d) acromion
(e) acromelic

10. Pain in the extremities or “hyperesthesia” of one or more of the bodily extremities.
(a) acrohyperhidrosis (b) acrodendrophily (c) acroesthesia
(d) acroanesthesia (e) acrocinesis


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