Deck 2: Suffixes

Question 1

The suffix that means instrument for viewing is ____________________.

Answer 1

-scope;scope

Question 2

The suffix that means surgical repair is ____________________.

Answer 2

-plasty;plasty

Question 3

The suffix that means eating,swallowing is ____________________.

Answer 3

-phagia;phagia

Question 4

The suffix that means pregnancy is ____________________.

Question 5

The suffix that means abnormal softening is ____________________.

Question 6

The suffix that means crushing is ____________________.

Question 7

The suffix that means surgical breaking is ____________________.

Question 8

The suffix that means weakness is ____________________.

Question 9

The suffix that means process of recording is ____________________.

Question 10

The suffix that means inflammation is ____________________.

Question 11

The suffix that means drooping is ____________________.

Question 12

The suffix that means resembling is ____________________.

Question 13

The suffix that means condition of the blood is ____________________.

Question 14

The suffix that means oxygen is ____________________.

Question 15

The suffix that means disease is ____________________.

Question 16

The suffix that means narrowing is ____________________.

Question 17

The suffix that means cell is ____________________.

Question 18

The suffix that means feeling,sensation is ____________________.

Question 19

The suffix that means rupture is ____________________.

Question 20

The suffix that means abnormal cell condition is ____________________.

Question 21

The suffix -rrhage means "bursting forth."

Question 22

The suffix -ia means "state or condition."

Question 23

The suffix -sclerosis means "rupture."

Question 24

The suffix -lith means "inflammation."

Question 25

The suffix -toxic means "poison."

Question 26

The suffix -ectasis means "pain."

Question 27

The suffix -algia means "pain."

Question 28

The suffix that means formation,development is ____________________.

Question 29

Suffixes may be used to indicate a surgical or diagnostic procedure.

Question 30

Suffixes may be used to indicate location or number.

Question 31

The suffix that means treatment is ____________________.

Question 32

The suffix -megaly means "enlargement."

Question 33

The suffix that means study of is ____________________.

Question 34

The suffix -ectomy means "surgical removal."

Question 35

The suffix -penia means "fear."

Question 36

The suffix that means chest is ____________________.

Question 37

The suffix -pexy means "crushing."

Question 38

A suffix is added to the beginning of a medical term.

Question 39

The suffix that means spitting or coughing up is ____________________.

Question 40

All medical terms must have a suffix.

Question 41

Which suffix means "bursting forth"?

A)-oma
B)-lith
C)-rrhagia
D)-ism

Question 42

The suffix -edema means

A)vomiting
B)swelling
C)destruction
D)pain

Question 43

The suffix -para means to "bear (offspring)."

Question 44

The suffix -ostomy means

A)surgical fixation
B)surgically create an opening
C)surgical breaking
D)surgical repair

Question 45

The suffix -opia means "sense of smell."

Question 46

Which suffix means "condition of the urine"?

A)-uria
B)-ptosis
C)-edema
D)-lytic

Question 47

The suffix -manometer means "instrument for measuring pressure."

Question 48

The suffix -pnea means "breathing."

Question 49

The suffix -derma means "skin condition."

Question 50

The suffix -globulin means "protein."

Question 51

The suffix -phobia means

A)disease
B)fear
C)discharge
D)stopping

Question 52

The suffix -scopy means "instrument for viewing."

Question 53

The suffix -lysis means

A)inflammation
B)pain
C)abnormal softening
D)destruction

Question 54

Which suffix means "abnormal condition"?

A)-lysis
B)-emia
C)-iasis
D)-weakness

Question 55

Which suffix means "tumor or mass"?

A)-oma
B)-penia
C)-rrhagia
D)-stasis

Question 56

Which suffix means hernia or protrusion?

A)-cele
B)-ectasis
C)-lith
D)-malacia

Question 57

The suffix -genesis means "thirst."

Question 58

The suffix -phasia means "porous."

Question 59

The suffix -spasm means

A)hardened condition
B)paralysis
C)too few
D)involuntary muscle contraction

Question 60

The suffix -centesis means "instrument for recording."

Question 61

Which suffix means "thirst"?

A)-globin
B)-opia
C)-dipsia
D)-oid

Question 62

The suffix -al means

A)resembling
B)small
C)state,condition
D)pertaining to

Question 63

Which suffix means "medical specialty"?

A)-er
B)-logist
C)-iatric
D)-iatry

Question 64

Which suffix means "suture"?

A)-tome
B)-desis
C)-rrhaphy
D)-pexy

Question 65

The suffix -ule means

A)voice
B)small
C)digestion
D)oxygen

Question 66

The suffix -er means

A)specialist
B)one who
C)study of
D)physician

Question 67

Which suffix means "porous"?

A)-porosis
B)-poiesis
C)-ptysis
D)-pnea

Question 68

The suffix -kinesia means

A)cell
B)skin condition
C)protein
D)movement

Question 69

The suffix -gram means

A)process of viewing
B)puncture to withdraw fluid
C)instrument for viewing
D)record

Question 70

Which suffix does NOT mean "small"?

A)-ia
B)-ule
C)-ole
D)-cle

Question 71

Which suffix means "view of"?

A)-opsy
B)-phil
C)-genic
D)-globin

Question 72

The suffix -partum means

A)treatment
B)birth,labor
C)chest
D)to bear (offspring)

Question 73

Which suffix means "instrument for measuring"?

A)-meter
B)-graph
C)-scope
D)-metry

Question 74

The suffix -poiesis means

A)birth,labor
B)porous
C)small
D)formation

Question 75

Which suffix means "attracted to"?

A)-thorax
B)-opia
C)-phil
D)-cle