Medical Terminology Suffixes

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Medical Terminology Suffixes


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    Rrhythm

    • A.

      Rhythm

    • B.

      Sound

    • C.

      Movement

    • D.

      Around

    Correct Answer
    A. Rhythm
  • 2. 

    Surgical surturing to close a wound

    Correct Answer
    rrhaphy
  • 3. 

    Pain

    Correct Answer
    algia, dynia
  • 4. 

    Itis

    Correct Answer
    inflammation of
  • 5. 

    The study of

    Correct Answer
    logy
  • 6. 

    Path

    Correct Answer
    disease
  • 7. 

    Cele

    Correct Answer
    swelling, tumor, hernia
  • 8. 

    Emia

    Correct Answer
    blood
  • 9. 

    Abnormal softening

    Correct Answer
    malacia
  • 10. 

    Enlargement of a body part

    Correct Answer
    megaly
  • 11. 

    Oma

    Correct Answer
    tumor
  • 12. 

    Deficiency or decrease

    Correct Answer
    penia
  • 13. 

    Plasia

    Correct Answer
    growth, cell growth
  • 14. 

    Drooping, downward displacement

    Correct Answer
    ptosis
  • 15. 

    Paralysis or stroke

    Correct Answer
    plegia
  • 16. 

    Excessive bleeding, excessive fluid

    Correct Answer
    rrhage, rrhagia
  • 17. 

    Tomy

    Correct Answer
    cutting, incision
  • 18. 

    Stenosis

    Correct Answer
    hardening, narrowing
  • 19. 

    Surgical created opening, new opening

    Correct Answer
    stomy
  • 20. 

    Rrhea

    Correct Answer
    flow or discharge of body fluids
  • 21. 

    Rrhexis

    Correct Answer
    rupture
  • 22. 

    View of

    Correct Answer
    opsy
  • 23. 

    Hardening

    Correct Answer
    sclerosis
  • 24. 

    Ectomy

    Correct Answer
    surgical removal, excision
  • 25. 

    Centesis

    Correct Answer
    puncture
  • 26. 

    Vomit

    Correct Answer
    emesis
  • 27. 

    Destroyer of, killer of

    Correct Answer
    cide
  • 28. 

    Crine

    Correct Answer
    secrete
  • 29. 

    Urine

    Correct Answer
    uria
  • 30. 

    Edema

    Correct Answer
    swelling
  • 31. 

    Lessening in density

    Correct Answer
    porosis
  • 32. 

    Inflammation of

    Correct Answer
    itis
  • 33. 

    Rrhaphy

    Correct Answer
    surgical suturing to close a wound
  • 34. 

    Disease, suffering

    Correct Answer
    path
  • 35. 

    Algia, dynia

    Correct Answer
  • 36. 

    Blood

    Correct Answer
    emia
  • 37. 

    Logy

    Correct Answer
    the study of
  • 38. 

    Malacia

    Correct Answer
    abnormal softening
  • 39. 

    Tumor

    Correct Answer
    oma
  • 40. 

    Growth, cellular growth

    Correct Answer
    plasia
  • 41. 

    Megaly

    Correct Answer
    enlargement of a body part
  • 42. 

    Penia

    Correct Answer
    deficiency or decrease
  • 43. 

    Cutting, incision

    Correct Answer
    tomy
  • 44. 

    Hardening, narrowing

    Correct Answer
    stenosis
  • 45. 

    Ptosis

    Correct Answer
    drooping, downward displacement
  • 46. 

    Plegia

    Correct Answer
    paralysis or stroke
  • 47. 

    Flow or discharge of body fluids

    Correct Answer
    rrhea
  • 48. 

    Rupture

    Correct Answer
    rrhexis
  • 49. 

    Rrhage, rrhagia

    Correct Answer
    excessive bleeding, excessive fluid
  • 50. 

    Stomy

    Correct Answer
    surgical created opening

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