Exam Review - Suffixes

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• hernia; swelling; protrusion

• -cele

• pertaining to

• -cyte

• pain

• -dipsia

• cell

• -algia

• thirst

• -al

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• swelling

• -ectomy

• vomiting

• -esthesia

• surgical removal; excision

• -emesis

• record; image

• -gram

• sensation; feeling

• -edema

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• condition

• -ia

• pertaining to

• -logy

• study of

• -itis

• inflammation

• -logist

• specialist in the study & treatment of

• -ic

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• tumor; mass

• -osis

• large; enlargement

• -oid

• like; resembling

• -oma

• vision

• -opia

• abnormal condition

• -megaly

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• condition of eating or swallowing

• -pnea

• breathing

• -plasty

• drooping; downward displacement

• -phagia

• surgical repair

• -pathy

• disease

• -ptosis

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• hardening

• -rrhea

• flow; discharge

• -scopy

• rupture

• -sclerosis

• process of observing

• -rrhexis

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• incision; cut

• -tomy

• crushing

• -thorax

• chest; pleural cavity

• -stomy

• new opening

• -tripsy