Exam Review - Suffixes

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• thirst

• -algia

• hernia; swelling; protrusion

• -cele

• cell

• -cyte

• pertaining to

• -dipsia

• pain

• -al

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• vomiting

• -gram

• record; image

• -ectomy

• swelling

• -edema

• sensation; feeling

• -emesis

• surgical removal; excision

• -esthesia

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• pertaining to

• -ic

• inflammation

• -logy

• study of

• -logist

• condition

• -ia

• specialist in the study & treatment of

• -itis

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• tumor; mass

• -oid

• vision

• -opia

• large; enlargement

• -megaly

• like; resembling

• -osis

• abnormal condition

• -oma

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• drooping; downward displacement

• -pnea

• breathing

• -plasty

• disease

• -phagia

• surgical repair

• -pathy

• condition of eating or swallowing

• -ptosis

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• rupture

• -rrhea

• process of observing

• -rrhexis

• flow; discharge

• -scopy

• hardening

• -sclerosis

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• incision; cut

• -stomy

• new opening

• -tomy

• crushing

• -thorax

• chest; pleural cavity

• -tripsy