Deck 2: Understanding Suffixes

Question 1

Select the suffix that means "affinity for."

A) -phil
B) -plegia
C) -penia
D) -phobia

Answer 1

-phil

Question 2

Select the suffix that means "paralysis."

A) -asthenia
B) -pathy
C) -plegia
D) -phagia

Answer 2

-plegia

Question 3

If cyst is the word root for bladder, what is cystitis?

A) Inflammation of the bladder
B) Removal of the bladder
C) Cancer of the bladder
D) Disease of the bladder

Answer 3

Inflammation of the bladder

Question 4

In the term arthritis, the suffix -itis means:

A) pertaining to.
B) removal.
C) repair.
D) inflammation.

Question 5

Select the suffix that means "swallowing."

A) -plegia
B) -phagia
C) -phobia
D) -philia

Question 6

What is the suffix for vomiting?

A) -emesis
B) -vomina
C) -emia
D) -vomesis

Question 7

After running five miles, the runner suffered from arthralgia. What is the meaning of the suffix -algia?

A) Torn
B) Pain
C) Diseased
D) Damaged

Question 8

The suffix -ia at the end of a medical term means:

A) condition.
B) disease.
C) inflammation.
D) growth.

Question 9

Select the suffix that means "tumor."

A) -oxia
B) -ous
C) -osis
D) -oma

Question 10

Select the suffix that means pain.

A) -algia
B) -al
C) -atresia
D) -asthenia

Question 11

Select the suffix that means "disease."

A) -plasty
B) -penia
C) -pathy
D) -scopy

Question 12

Select the suffix that means "science or study of."

A) -lysis
B) -logy
C) -logist
D) -algia

Question 13

The suffix -logy means:

A) specialty.
B) study of.
C) department.
D) specialist.

Question 14

Select the suffix that means "hernia."

A) -plegia
B) -cele
C) -emia
D) -clasis

Question 15

Which of the following suffixes does not mean "pertaining to"?

A) -ic
B) -al
C) -oma
D) -ous

Question 16

The suffix -scope in the term telescope means:

A) far away.
B) feel inside.
C) instrument for viewing.
D) communicate.

Question 17

In the term alcoholism, what does the suffix -ism mean?

A) Condition
B) Drinking
C) Falling
D) Formation

Question 18

In the term hemophilia, the suffix -philia means:

A) to bleed.
B) blood.
C) hemorrhage.
D) love for.

Question 19

Select the suffix that means "the process of viewing with an instrument."

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

Question 20

The suffixes -ic and -al both mean:

A) disease of.
B) condition of.
C) pertaining to.
D) measure of.

Question 21

In the term thermometer, the suffix -meter means:

A) measuring instrument.
B) temperature.
C) heat recording.
D) instrument.

Question 22

Select the suffix that means "to surgically puncture."

A) -cele
B) -clasis
C) -centesis
D) -crit

Question 23

Select the suffix that means hernia, swelling, or protrusion.

A) -centesis
B) -cele
C) -clasis
D) -crit

Question 24

Select the suffix that means "hardening."

A) -stomy
B) -sclerosis
C) -stasis
D) -stenosis

Question 25

A nephroma is a(n) ________ of the kidney.

A) tumor
B) infection
C) disease
D) cyst

Question 26

Select the suffix that means "an instrument for recording."

A) -graph
B) -gram
C) -genesis
D) -graphy

Question 27

Select the suffix that means "process of measuring."

A) -plasty
B) -scopy
C) -metry
D) -graphy

Question 28

Select the suffix that means "suturing."

A) -rrhaphy
B) -emia
C) -rrhea
D) -ectomy

Question 29

If a patient is scheduled for a nephrectomy, what procedure will be done?

A) Visual exam of a kidney
B) Removal of a kidney
C) Repair of a kidney
D) Incision into a kidney

Question 30

Select the suffix that means "condition of."

A) -opia
B) -oma
C) -osis
D) -oxia

Question 31

Select the suffix with the correct spelling.

A) -ectuhme
B) -ictomy
C) -ectomy
D) -ektomy

Question 32

What does the suffix -logist mean in the term sociologist?

A) Field of study
B) Treatment
C) One who studies
D) One who practices

Question 33

Select the suffix that means "fusion."

A) -ectomy
B) -plasty
C) -centesis
D) -desis

Question 34

Select the suffix that means "deficiency or abnormal reduction in number."

A) -penia
B) -pnea
C) -phagia
D) -pepsia

Question 35

Select the suffix that means "discharge."

A) -rrhea
B) -rrhaphy
C) -rrhexis
D) -rrhagia

Question 36

Select the suffix that means "fear."

A) -phobia
B) -phonia
C) -phagia
D) -plegia

Question 37

Select the suffix that means "surgical removal."

A) -centesis
B) -tomy
C) -ectomy
D) -desis

Question 38

Select the suffix that means "hardening."

A) -stenosis
B) -spasm
C) -stomy
D) -sclerosis

Question 39

Select the suffix with the correct spelling.

A) -rea
B) -reah
C) -rrhea
D) -rreah

Question 40

Select the suffix that means "surgical repair."

A) -penia
B) -pepsia
C) -plasty
D) -pathy

Question 41

A suffix that means "fear" is ________.

Question 42

A suffix that means "one who studies" is ________.

Question 43

The suffix that means "surgical repair" is ________.

Question 44

Besides -algia, what is another suffix that means "pain"?

Question 45

The suffix -logy in the term biology means "science of or ________." (two words)

Question 46

A suffix that means "study of" is ________.

Question 47

If cyst is the word root for bladder, the term cystic means "________." (four words)

Question 48

Select the suffix that means "to surgically crush."

A) -centesis
B) -plasty
C) -ectomy
D) -tripsy

Question 49

The term aphagia means "not ________."

Question 50

A suffix that means "pain" is -dynia or ________.

Question 51

What does the suffix -ary mean? (two words)

Question 52

The suffix that means "surgical removal or excision" is ________.

Question 53

The suffix that means "inflammation" is ________.

Question 54

A suffix is a word part that is attached to the ________ of a word root.

Question 55

In the term psychiatry, the suffix -iatry means "specialty or ________."

Question 56

A colonoscopy is:

A) an incision into the colon.
B) making an artificial opening into the colon.
C) an X-ray of the colon.
D) a visual exam of the colon with an instrument.

Question 57

Select the suffix that means "surgical creation of an opening."

A) -tocia
B) -tomy
C) -tome
D) -stomy

Question 58

What is the meaning of the suffix -phobia?

Question 59

Select the suffix that means "an incision."

A) -trophy
B) -tripsy
C) -tomy
D) -tocia

Question 60

A suffix that means "disease" is ________.

Question 61

The suffix -phobia means "________."

Question 62

The suffix -malacia means "________ of."

Question 63

The suffix -stomy means "________ creation of an opening."

Question 64

The suffix -ion means "________."

Question 65

The suffix -emia means "condition of the ________."

Question 66

The suffix -oma means "________."

Question 67

What is the suffix that means "the process of measuring"?

Question 68

The suffix -iatry means "________ or specialty."

Question 69

Suffixes that mean "condition of pain" are -dynia and ________.

Question 70

The suffix -ad means "________."

Question 71

The suffix -emesis means "to ________."

Question 72

The suffix -ectomy means "________ removal."

Question 73

What does the suffix -rrhaphy mean?

Question 74

The suffix -rrhea means "________."

Question 75

The suffix -scope means "instrument for ________."

Question 76

The suffix -meter means "instrument to ________."

Question 77

The suffix -stasis means "standing ________."

Question 78

The suffix -plasty means "________ repair."

Question 79

The suffix -pathy means "________ or disorder."

Question 80

The suffix -itis means "________."