Suffixes Multiple Choice

25 Questions | By Karinahowze | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Total Attempts: 1155

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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. All the best in the quiz.

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1.

What word means quality or act of making sound?
- A.
  
  Resonance
- B.
  
  Anoxia
- C.
  
  Osteoclastic
- D.
  
  Dissect
- E.
  
  Giantism
2.

What word means study of diseases of the blood?
- A.
  
  Tracheostomy
- B.
  
  Hydrolysis
- C.
  
  Otalgia
- D.
  
  Hermatology
- E.
  
  Photophobia
3.

What word means a condition of being very large?
- A.
  
  Hypotonia
- B.
  
  Giantism
- C.
  
  Endoscope
- D.
  
  Excise
- E.
  
  Epistaxis
4.

What word means rupture of the liver?
- A.
  
  Homeostasis
- B.
  
  Radiography
- C.
  
  Arthritis
- D.
  
  Hepatorrhexis
- E.
  
  Dermatome
5.

What word means pain in the ear?
- A.
  
  Osteoclastic
- B.
  
  Prophylaxis
- C.
  
  Otalgia
- D.
  
  Osteopathy
- E.
  
  Posture
6.

What word means pertaining to the act of conspiring?
- A.
  
  Angiectasis
- B.
  
  Miosis
- C.
  
  Dissect
- D.
  
  Blepharoptosis
- E.
  
  Conspiracy
7.

What word means the swelling of air sacs?
- A.
  
  Emphysema
- B.
  
  Centrifugal
- C.
  
  Osteomalacia
- D.
  
  Glueoneogenesis
- E.
  
  Febrile
8.

What means bulging out of the rectum frm normal position?
- A.
  
  Epistaxis
- B.
  
  Paracentesis
- C.
  
  Rectocele
- D.
  
  Obstetrician
- E.
  
  Crystalloid
9.

What word means the chemical decomposition of a compound with water?
- A.
  
  Excise
- B.
  
  Contagious
- C.
  
  Tracheostomy
- D.
  
  Hydrolysis
- E.
  
  Radial
10.

What word means surgical crushing of a stone?
- A.
  
  Pesticide
- B.
  
  Coloplasy
- C.
  
  Lithotripsy
- D.
  
  Venous
- E.
  
  Erythropoiesis
11.

What word means normal strength?
- A.
  
  Obesity
- B.
  
  Pseudocyst
- C.
  
  Hydrometer
- D.
  
  Hypertonic
- E.
  
  Eusthenia
12.

What word means making x-ray pictures?
- A.
  
  Hermatology
- B.
  
  Radiography
- C.
  
  Sensory
- D.
  
  Gastrectomy
- E.
  
  Pseudocyst
13.

What words means breaking down of bone?
- A.
  
  Hepatorrhexis
- B.
  
  Dystrophy
- C.
  
  Iodoform
- D.
  
  Osteoclastic
- E.
  
  Obstetrician
14.

What word means diminished tone or tension of any body structure?
- A.
  
  Otalgia
- B.
  
  Hypotonia
- C.
  
  Leukorrhea
- D.
  
  Muscular
- E.
  
  Hemorrhage
15.

What word means softening of bone?
- A.
  
  Nephrolithiasis
- B.
  
  Calculus
- C.
  
  Cardiac
- D.
  
  Dentition
- E.
  
  Osteomalacia
16.

What word means having the qualities of a coma?
- A.
  
  Giantism
- B.
  
  Dystrophy
- C.
  
  Comatose
- D.
  
  Hemophilia
- E.
  
  Osteoclasis
17.

What word means moving away from the center?
- A.
  
  Centrifugal
- B.
  
  Rectocele
- C.
  
  Paracentesis
- D.
  
  Hypertonic
- E.
  
  Cystopexy
18.

What word means cut out?
- A.
  
  Osteopathy
- B.
  
  Emphysema
- C.
  
  Posture
- D.
  
  Excise
- E.
  
  Contagious
19.

What word means dilation of vessels
- A.
  
  Urinary
- B.
  
  Angiectasis
- C.
  
  Arteriole
- D.
  
  Obstetrician
- E.
  
  Sensory
20.

What word means hemorrhage from the nose?
- A.
  
  Epistaxis
- B.
  
  Ovarian
- C.
  
  Hemophilia
- D.
  
  Hematopoiesis
- E.
  
  Tracheostomy
21.

What word means surgical fixation of the bladder to the abdominal wall?
- A.
  
  Dystrophy
- B.
  
  Cystopexy
- C.
  
  Photophobia
- D.
  
  Biliary Atresia
- E.
  
  Blepharoptosis
22.

What word means to cut into the trachea?
- A.
  
  Gastrectomy
- B.
  
  Paracentesis
- C.
  
  Osteopathy
- D.
  
  Iodoform
- E.
  
  Tracheotomy
23.

What word means repair of a hernia?
- A.
  
  Colonplasty
- B.
  
  Herniorrhaphy
- C.
  
  Dissect
- D.
  
  Venule
- E.
  
  Erythropoiesis
24.

What word means kidney stones
- A.
  
  Miosis
- B.
  
  Nephrolithiasis
- C.
  
  Dermatome
- D.
  
  Arthrodesis
- E.
  
  Hepatorrhexis
25.

What word means whitish discharge from vagina?
- A.
  
  Obstetrician
- B.
  
  Crystalloid
- C.
  
  Leukorrhea
- D.
  
  Dystrophy
- E.
  
  Anoxia