Exam Review - Suffixes

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• pertaining to

• -al

• thirst

• -cele

• cell

• -dipsia

• pain

• -algia

• hernia; swelling; protrusion

• -cyte

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• surgical removal; excision

• -ectomy

• swelling

• -esthesia

• vomiting

• -gram

• record; image

• -emesis

• sensation; feeling

• -edema

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• pertaining to

• -itis

• inflammation

• -logy

• study of

• -logist

• condition

• -ic

• specialist in the study & treatment of

• -ia

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• large; enlargement

• -opia

• like; resembling

• -osis

• abnormal condition

• -megaly

• tumor; mass

• -oid

• vision

• -oma

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• surgical repair

• -phagia

• condition of eating or swallowing

• -pathy

• disease

• -ptosis

• breathing

• -pnea

• drooping; downward displacement

• -plasty

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• rupture

• -rrhexis

• process of observing

• -rrhea

• flow; discharge

• -sclerosis

• hardening

• -scopy

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• chest; pleural cavity

• -tripsy

• new opening

• -tomy

• crushing

• -thorax

• incision; cut

• -stomy