Common Medical Suffixes! Trivia Questions Quiz
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Below is a trivia questions quiz on Common Medical Suffixes! If you are looking to see if you understand all or most of the suffixes to some common medical terms, the quiz below will be perfect for you. Do give it a shot and see how well you will do. All the best and keep a look out for other quizzes like it!
- 1.Abnormal condition
- A.
-osis
- B.
-pathy
- C.
-sis
- D.
-ion
- 2.Disease condition
- A.
-pathy
- B.
-sis
- C.
-ion
- D.
-iasis
- 3.State of; condition (any)
- A.
-pathy
- B.
-osis
- C.
-iasis
- D.
-sis
- 4.Excision, removal
- A.
- stomy
- B.
- tomy
- C.
- ectomy
- D.
- scopy
- 5.Process of cutting, incision
- A.
-stomy
- B.
-ectomy
- C.
-tomy
- D.
-pathy
- 6.Pain
- A.
-pathy
- B.
-algia
- C.
- oma
- D.
-ptosis
- 7.Softening
- A.
-dynia
- B.
- malacia
- C.
- stasis
- D.
- penia
- 8.Deficiency
- A.
-trophy
- B.
- plasty
- C.
- penia
- D.
- lysis
- 9.Hardening
- A.
- megaly
- B.
- plasia
- C.
- sclerosis
- D.
-lysis
- 10.Breakdown, destruction
- A.
- lysis
- B.
- trophy
- C.
- stomy
- D.
- trophy
- 11.Drooping, sagging, prolapse
- A.
- lysis
- B.
- atresis
- C.
- ptosis
- D.
- osis
- 12.Stopping, controlling
- A.
- stasis
- B.
- ptosis
- C.
- cele
- D.
- cyte
- 13.Hernia
- A.
- trophy
- B.
- coccus
- C.
- dynia
- D.
- cele
- 14.Tumor, mass
- A.
- ectasis
- B.
- oma
- C.
- plasia
- D.
- tripsy
- 15.Development, growth
- A.
- trophy
- B.
- ectasis
- C.
- emesis
- D.
- tripsy
- 16.New opening to form a mouth
- A.
- ectomy
- B.
- stenosis
- C.
- stomy
- D.
- ectasis
- 17.Resembling
- A.
- oid
- B.
- emesis
- C.
- poietin
- D.
- uria
- 18.Vomiting
- A.
- uria
- B.
- emia
- C.
- emesis
- D.
- stasis
- 19.Stretching, dilation
- A.
- ectasis
- B.
- oid
- C.
- trophy
- D.
- stosis
- 20.Substance that forms
- A.
- tripsy
- B.
- poietin
- C.
- uria
- D.
- malacia
- 21.To crush
- A.
- sclerosis
- B.
- ole
- C.
- megaly
- D.
- tripsy
- 22.Pregnancy
- A.
- cyesis
- B.
- parous
- C.
- rrhea
- D.
- arche
- 23.Discharge
- A.
- tocia
- B.
- rrhea
- C.
- uria
- D.
- emia
- 24.Labor, birth
- A.
- cyesis
- B.
- tocia
- C.
- gravida
- D.
- para
- 25.Formation
- A.
- logy
- B.
- pathy
- C.
- genesis
- D.
- kinesia
- 26.Fixation, put in place
- A.
- praxia
- B.
- lepsy
- C.
- pexy
- D.
- algesia
- 27.Excessive sensitivity to pain
- A.
- algia
- B.
- dynia
- C.
- lepsy
- D.
- algesia
- 28.Seizure
- A.
- lepsy
- B.
- paresis
- C.
- phasia
- D.
- plegia
- 29.Weakness
- A.
- phasia
- B.
- paresis
- C.
- plegia
- D.
- praxia
- 30.Speech
- A.
- algia
- B.
- lexia
- C.
- phasia
- D.
- praxia
- 31.Strength
- A.
- sclerosis
- B.
- praxia
- C.
- sthenia
- D.
- malacia
- 32.Eat, swallow
- A.
- phage
- B.
- philia
- C.
- pnea
- D.
- sthenia
- 33.Smell
- A.
- penia
- B.
- osmia
- C.
- phage
- D.
- pnea
- 34.Breathing
- A.
- ocia
- B.
- pnea
- C.
- penia
- D.
- philia
- 35.Attraction for, an increase in cell numbers
- A.
- philia
- B.
- penia
- C.
- oma
- D.
- emesis
- 36.Vision
- A.
- opia
- B.
- otia
- C.
- porosis
- D.
- physis
- 37.To grow
- A.
- stenosis
- B.
- otia
- C.
- physis
- D.
- cusis
- 38.Ear condition
- A.
- clast
- B.
- opia
- C.
- otia
- D.
- cusis
- 39.Immature tumor
- A.
- oma
- B.
- sarcoma
- C.
- blastoma
- D.
- lucent
- 40.Narrowing
- A.
- stenosis
- B.
- acusis
- C.
- otia
- D.
- leptic
- 41.Lack of strength
- A.
- stenia
- B.
- leptic
- C.
- asthenia
- D.
- malacia
- 42.To shine
- A.
- lucent
- B.
- oid
- C.
- opaque
- D.
- leptic
- 43.Obscure
- A.
- lucent
- B.
- listhesis
- C.
- clast
- D.
- opaque
- 44.Feeling, bearing
- A.
- phoria
- B.
- mania
- C.
- thymia
- D.
- leptic
- 45.Hearing
- A.
- acusis
- B.
- otia
- C.
- lucent
- D.
- opia
- 46.Pore, passage
- A.
- otia
- B.
- sclerosis
- C.
- stenosis
- D.
- porosis
- 47.To break
- A.
- lucent
- B.
- blast
- C.
- clast
- D.
- otia
- 48.Movement
- A.
- pnea
- B.
- kinesia
- C.
- phage
- D.
- philia
- 49.Urine condition
- A.
- uria
- B.
- emia
- C.
- otia
- D.
- pnea
- 50.Little, small
- A.
- oid
- B.
- ole
- C.
- ia
- D.
- plasty
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