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Med Term Surgical & Procedural Suffixes

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The suffix -(o)tomy means:

a)

cutting into; incision

b)

process of visual examination

c)

to view

d)

cutting out; removal; excision

2.

Which suffix would be added to the end of the medical term to complete the sentence below?

Visual examination of the abdomen is laparo_______.

a)

-ctomy

b)

-scopy

c)

-logy

d)

-gram

3.

Match the following

a)

-pexy

1.

surgical fixation

b)

-ectomy

2.

to excise or remove

c)

-metry

3.

process of measuring

d)

-otomy

4.

to cut into

e)

-tome

5.

instrument to cut

4.
Means - surgical puncture to remove fluid
a)
-centesis
b)
-clasia
c)
-clysis
d)
-capnia
5.
Means - surgical removal
a)
-cyte
b)
-desis
c)
-dynia
d)
-ectomy
6.
Means - surgical repair
a)
-opsy
b)
-paresis
c)
-plasty
d)
-plegia
7.

-rrhaphy

a)

rupture

b)

suturing in place

c)

little

d)

cell

8.

-stomy

a)

hardening

b)

suturing in place

c)

surgical opening

d)

nourishment, development

9.

record of

a)

graphy

b)

gram

c)

pathy

d)

scope

10.
suffix -graphy
a)
process of recording
b)
picture or record
11.
instrument used to measure
a)
-logy
b)
-meter
c)
-opsy
d)
-ologist
12.
instrument used for visual examination
a)
-osopy
b)
-scopy
c)
-scope
d)
-tomy
13.

suffix meaning surgical removal

(a)  

14.

suffix meaning surgical fixation

(a)  

15.

suffix meaning surgical repair

(a)  

16.

suffix meaning instrument for measuring

(a)