Deck 3: Suffixes

Question 1

Inflammation of lymph tissue in the throat:

A) Bronchitis
B) Laryngitis
C) Pharyngeal
D) Tonsilitis
E) Tonsillitis

Answer 1

Tonsillitis

Question 2

Angioplasty means:

A) Pertaining to fat
B) Fear of extremities
C) Therapy with chemicals
D) Surgical puncture of a blood vessel
E) Surgical repair of a blood vessel

Answer 2

Surgical repair of a blood vessel

Question 3

An eosinophil is a/an:

A) Erythrocyte
B) Leukocyte
C) Mononuclear cell
D) Platelet
E) Lymphocyte

Answer 3

Leukocyte

Question 4

Falling, drooping, prolapse:

A) -pathy
B) -ptosis
C) -trophy
D) -plasty
E) -plasm

Question 5

Neutrophil:

A) Lymphocyte
B) Polymorphonuclear leukocyte
C) Monocyte
D) Mononuclear agranulocyte
E) Platelet

Question 6

Instrument to visually examine:

A) -scope
B) -scopy
C) -opsy
D) -stasis
E) -tomy

Question 7

Instrument to record:

A) -gram
B) -scopy
C) -scope
D) -graph
E) -graphy

Question 8

X-ray record of the spinal cord:

A) Electroencephalogram
B) Bone scan
C) Myogram
D) Myelogram
E) Electromyogram

Question 9

Death:

A) neur/o
B) nephr/o
C) neutr/o
D) nucle/o
E) necr/o

Question 10

Tumor of bone marrow (cancerous):

A) Myosarcoma
B) Multiple myeloma
C) Osteogenic sarcoma
D) Adenocarcinoma
E) Metastasis

Question 11

Removal of the voice box:

A) Larnygectomy
B) Pharyngotomy
C) Pharynostomy
D) Laryngectomy
E) Trachectomy

Question 12

Hernia of the urinary bladder:

A) Rectocele
B) Inguinal hernia
C) Hiatal hernia
D) Rectalgia
E) Cystocele

Question 13

Blood is held back from an area:

A) Thrombocyte
B) Anemia
C) Ischemia
D) Hematoma
E) Hemolysis

Question 14

Acromegaly:

A) Exocrine disorder of bone enlargement
B) Enlargement of extremities after puberty due to pituitary gland problem
C) Abnormal growth of bones before puberty
D) Endocrine gland problem in young children
E) Fear of extremities (heights)

Question 15

Berry-shaped (spheroidal) bacteria:

A) staphyl/o
B) pneum/o
C) -cele
D) strept/o
E) -cocci

Question 16

Small artery:

A) Capillary
B) Arteriole
C) Venule
D) Lymph vessel
E) Blood vessel leading from the heart

Question 17

Pain in the ear:

A) Pleurodynia
B) Otitis
C) Otalgia
D) Osteitis
E) Neuralgia

Question 18

Resembling:

A) -osis
B) -eal
C) lith/o
D) -oid
E) -ic

Question 19

Amniocentesis:

A) Incision of the abdomen
B) Paracentesis
C) Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen
D) Puncture of the chest region
E) Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac around the embryo

Question 20

Continuing over a long period of time:

A) Chronic
B) Acute
C) Chromic
D) Relapse
E) Remission

Question 21

Condition (disease) of the lung:

A) pneumonia
B) pneumoneia
C) pnuemonia

Question 22

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-coccus:

A) inflammation
B) berry-shaped bacterium
C) breakdown, destruction, separation

Question 23

Small vein:

A) venule
B) vanule
C) venuel

Question 24

A blood cell that produces antibodies:

A) Erythrocyte
B) Platelet
C) Lymphocyte
D) Monocyte
E) Basophil

Question 25

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-genesis:

A) condition of producing, forming, formation
B) surgical puncture to remove fluid
C) breakdown, destruction, separation

Question 26

Excessive development:

A) Hypoplasia
B) Dystrophy
C) Achondroplasia
D) Morphology
E) Hypertrophy

Question 27

The opposite of -malacia is:

A) -megaly
B) -sclerosis
C) -emia
D) -plasia
E) -lysis

Question 28

Pertaining to the voice box:

A) larnygeal
B) laryngeal
C) laryngel

Question 29

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-centesis:

A) formation
B) softening
C) surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 30

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-graphy:

A) process of recording
B) instrument for recording
C) record

Question 31

Surgical creation of a permanent opening to the outside of the body:

A) -stomy
B) -tomy
C) -ectomy
D) Section
E) Resection

Question 32

Clotting cell:

A) platelete
B) platlet
C) platelet

Question 33

Beyond control (spread of a cancerous tumor):

A) metastesis
B) metastasis
C) metastatis

Question 34

Excessive development:

A) hypertropy
B) hypertrophy
C) hypertrofe

Question 35

Incision of a vein:

A) pilbotomy
B) phlebotomy
C) plebotomy

Question 36

Hernia of the urinary bladder:

A) cytocele
B) cystocele
C) cystosele

Question 37

Pertaining to the groin:

A) inguinal
B) ingiuinal
C) ingwanal

Question 38

Treatment:

A) -therapy
B) -genic
C) -plasty
D) -osis
E) -stasis

Question 39

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-cele:

A) softening
B) cell
C) hernia

Question 40

Deficiency in white blood cells:

A) leukopenia
B) luekopenia
C) lucopinea

Question 41

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-malacia:

A) drooping, sagging, prolapse
B) softening
C) hardening

Question 42

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-pathy:

A) disease condition
B) process of recording
C) to view

Question 43

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
Instrument to visually examine:

A) -graphy
B) -scope
C) -scopy

Question 44

Select the correct suffix for the following descriptions
Separation, destruction:

A) -malacia
B) -lysis
C) -ptosis

Question 45

Select the correct suffix for the following descriptions
Softening:

A) -malacia
B) -ptosis
C) -lysis

Question 46

Select the correct suffix for the following descriptions
New opening:

A) -trophy
B) -stasis
C) -stomy

Question 47

Select the correct combining form for the following terms.
Muscle:

A) my/o
B) myel/o
C) morph/o

Question 48

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-megaly:

A) softening
B) deficiency
C) enlargement

Question 49

Select the correct suffix for the following descriptions
Falling, drooping, prolapse:

A) -stomy
B) -megaly
C) -ptosis

Question 50

Select the correct combining form for the following terms.
Flesh:

A) splen/o
B) sacr/o
C) sarc/o

Question 51

Select the correct combining form for the following terms.
Nerve:

A) neutr/o
B) neur/o
C) nephr/o

Question 52

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-lysis:

A) blood condition
B) softening
C) breakdown, destruction, separation

Question 53

Select the correct suffix for the following descriptions
Enlargement:

A) -megaly
B) -ptosis
C) -penia

Question 54

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-emia:

A) condition of producing, forming, formation
B) blood condition
C) enlargement

Question 55

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-penia:

A) pain
B) enlargement
C) deficiency

Question 56

Select the correct suffix for the following descriptions
Excision:

A) -centesis
B) -ectomy
C) -dynia

Question 57

Select the correct suffix for the following descriptions
Incision:

A) -trophy
B) -scopy
C) -tomy

Question 58

Select the correct combining form for the following terms.
Liver:

A) hemat/o
B) hepat/o
C) hydr/o

Question 59

Select the correct suffix for the following descriptions
Treatment:

A) -therapy
B) -trophy
C) -pathy

Question 60

Select the correct suffix for the following descriptions
Fear:

A) -penia
B) -phobia
C) -plasia

Question 61

Select the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Arteriosclerosis:

A) ar
B) ter
C) scle
D) ro

Question 62

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) hepatomeagaly
B) hepatomegaly

Question 63

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) pericardeum
B) pericardium

Question 64

Select the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Hypertrophy:

A) hy
B) per
C) tro
D) phy

Question 65

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) ophthalmology
B) opthalmology

Question 66

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) arteriosclerosis
B) arteriosklerosis

Question 67

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) staphylococci
B) staphlococci

Question 68

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) trachostomy
B) tracheostomy

Question 69

Select the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Necrosis:

A) ne
B) cro
C) sis

Question 70

Select the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Thrombocytopenia:

A) throm
B) bo
C) cy
D) pen

Question 71

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) tonsillitis
B) tonsilitis

Question 72

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) myleogram
B) myelogram

Question 73

Select the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Laparoscopy:

A) lap
B) pa
C) ros
D) scop

Question 74

Select the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Arteriole:

A) ar
B) ter
C) ole

Question 75

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) abdominocentesis
B) adbominocentesis

Question 76

Select the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Abdominocentesis:

A) ab
B) dom
C) cen
D) te

Question 77

Select the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Osteomalacia:

A) os
B) teo
C) ma
D) la

Question 78

Select the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Carcinogenesis:

A) car
B) cin
C) gen
D) sis

Question 79

Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) ploorodinia
B) pleurodynia

Question 80

Select the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Hydrotherapy:

A) hy
B) dro
C) ther