Deck 2: Understanding Suffixes

Question 1

Select the suffix that means pain.

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

Answer 1

-algia

Question 2

In the term arthritis,the suffix -itis means :

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

Answer 2

inflammation

Question 3

The suffix -scope in the term telescope means :

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

Answer 3

instrument for viewing

Question 4

In the term hemophilia,the suffix -philia means :

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

Question 5

Select the suffix that means "paralysis."

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

Question 6

Select the suffix that means "swallowing."

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

Question 7

Select the suffix that means "disease."

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

Question 8

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 9

The suffixes -ic and -al both mean:

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

Question 10

What is the suffix for vomiting?

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

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

Select the suffix that means "hernia."

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

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

Select the suffix that means "affinity for."

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

Question 16

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

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

Question 17

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

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

Question 18

Select the suffix that means "tumor."

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

Question 19

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

A)condition
B)drinking
C)falling
D)formation

Question 20

The suffix -logy means :

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

Question 21

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 22

Select the suffix with the correct spelling.

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

Question 23

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 24

Select the suffix that means "fear."

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

Question 25

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

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

Question 26

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

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

Question 27

Select the suffix that means "discharge."

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

Question 28

Select the suffix that means "suturing."

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

Question 29

Select the suffix that means "hard."

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

Question 30

Select the suffix that means "hard."

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

Question 31

Select the suffix with the correct spelling.

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

Question 32

In the term thermometer,the suffix -meter means :

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

Question 33

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

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

Question 34

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

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

Question 35

Select the suffix that means "to surgically puncture."

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

Question 36

Select the suffix that means "process of measuring."

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

Question 37

Select the suffix that means "surgical removal."

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

Question 38

Select the suffix that means "surgical repair."

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

Question 39

Select the suffix that means "fusion."

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

Question 40

Select the suffix that means "condition of."

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

Question 41

The term aphagia means "not ________."

Question 42

The suffix that means "surgical repair" is ________.

Question 43

Select the suffix that means "an incision."

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

Question 44

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

Question 45

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

Question 46

A suffix that means "study of" is ________.

Question 47

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

Question 48

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

Question 49

The suffix that means "inflammation" is ________.

Question 50

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 51

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

Question 52

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

Question 53

Select the suffix that means "to surgically crush."

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

Question 54

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

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

Question 55

A suffix that means "fear" is ________.

Question 56

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

Question 57

What is the meaning of the suffix -phobia?

Question 58

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

Question 59

A suffix that means "disease" is ________.

Question 60

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

Question 61

The suffix -ectomy means "________ removal."

Question 62

The suffix -scope means "instrument for ________."

Question 63

The suffix -plasty means "________ repair."

Question 64

What does the suffix -rrhaphy mean?

Question 65

The suffix -phobia means "________."

Question 66

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

Question 67

The suffix -rrhea means "________."

Question 68

The suffix -iatry means "________ or specialty."

Question 69

The suffix -emesis means "to ________."

Question 70

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

Question 71

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

Question 72

The suffix -pathy means "________ or disorder."

Question 73

The suffix -oma means "________."

Question 74

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

Question 75

The suffix -ad means "________."

Question 76

The suffix -meter means "instrument to ________."

Question 77

The suffix -ion means "________."

Question 78

The suffix -malacia means "________ of."

Question 79

The suffix -itis means "________."

Question 80

The suffix -stasis means "standing ________."