Suffixes Multiple Choice

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1. What word means making x-ray pictures?

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Suffix -graphy means act or method of recording

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Grammar can be quite confusing and difficult especially for those whom it is not native. The quiz below is to help you asses your suffix knowledge in grammar.... see moreAll the best in the quiz. see less

2. What word means having the qualities of a coma?

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Suffix -ose means full of, having the qualities of

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3. What word means a condition of being very large?

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Suffix -ism means condition, act, process

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4. What word means the chemical decomposition of a compound with water?

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Suffix -lysis means setting free, dissolution

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5. What word means quality or act of making sound?

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The suffix -ance means quality or act of

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6. What word means study of diseases of the blood?

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The suffix -ology means the study of or science of

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7. What word means pertaining to the act of conspiring?

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Suffix -acy means that which is, pertaining to

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8. What word means to cut into the trachea?

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Suffix -otomy means cutting into

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9. What word means rupture of the liver?

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Suffix -rrhexis means rupture

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10. What word means repair of a hernia?

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Suffix -rrhaphy means closure of by suturing, repair

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11. What means bulging out of the rectum frm normal position?

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Suffix -cele means swelling, bulging, tumor

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12. What word means moving away from the center?

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Suffix -fugal means driving, moving, traveling away from

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13. What word means softening of bone?

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Suffix -malacia means softening

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14. What words means breaking down of bone?

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Suffix -clastic means breaking

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15. What word means pain in the ear?

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Suffix -algia means pain

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16. What word means cut out?

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Suffix -cis means to cut

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17. What word means surgical crushing of a stone?

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Suffix -tripsy means rubbing, crushing

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18. What word means the swelling of air sacs?

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Suffix -ema means swelling distention

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19. What word means kidney stones

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Suffix -iasis means diseased condition

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20. What word means diminished tone or tension of any body structure?

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Suffix -tonia means stretching, putting under tension

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21. What word means normal strength?

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Suffux -sthenia means strength

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22. What word means surgical fixation of the bladder to the abdominal wall?

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Suffix -pexy means fixation

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23. What word means whitish discharge from vagina?

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Suffix -rrhea means flow, discharge

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24. What word means dilation of vessels

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Suffix -ectasis means dilation or expansion of

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25. What word means hemorrhage from the nose?

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Suffix -staxis means hemorrhage

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What word means making x-ray pictures?
What word means having the qualities of a coma?
What word means a condition of being very large?
What word means the chemical decomposition of a compound with water?
What word means quality or act of making sound?
What word means study of diseases of the blood?
What word means pertaining to the act of conspiring?
What word means to cut into the trachea?
What word means rupture of the liver?
What word means repair of a hernia?
What means bulging out of the rectum frm normal position?
What word means moving away from the center?
What word means softening of bone?
What words means breaking down of bone?
What word means pain in the ear?
What word means cut out?
What word means surgical crushing of a stone?
What word means the swelling of air sacs?
What word means kidney stones
What word means diminished tone or tension of any body structure?
What word means normal strength?
What word means surgical fixation of the bladder to the abdominal...
What word means whitish discharge from vagina?
What word means dilation of vessels
What word means hemorrhage from the nose?
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