Exam Review - Suffixes

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• pain

• -cele

• hernia; swelling; protrusion

• -dipsia

• pertaining to

• -algia

• cell

• -cyte

• thirst

• -al

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• surgical removal; excision

• -emesis

• swelling

• -ectomy

• sensation; feeling

• -gram

• record; image

• -edema

• vomiting

• -esthesia

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• condition

• -ia

• pertaining to

• -logist

• inflammation

• -logy

• specialist in the study & treatment of

• -itis

• study of

• -ic

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• like; resembling

• -opia

• large; enlargement

• -osis

• tumor; mass

• -oma

• vision

• -megaly

• abnormal condition

• -oid

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• disease

• -phagia

• breathing

• -pnea

• surgical repair

• -ptosis

• drooping; downward displacement

• -plasty

• condition of eating or swallowing

• -pathy

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• rupture

• -rrhea

• process of observing

• -sclerosis

• flow; discharge

• -scopy

• hardening

• -rrhexis

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• incision; cut

• -tripsy

• crushing

• -tomy

• new opening

• -thorax

• chest; pleural cavity

• -stomy