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WorksheetsMed Terms: Suffixes
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 38mins
-algia
protrusion
pain
state of
drooping
-cele
dilation
view of
protrusion
rupture
-cyte
cell
abnormal flow
disease
pertaining to
-dynia
dilation
enlarged
discharge
pain
-ectasis
dilation
disease
paralysis
narrowing
-gen
that which produces
development
abnormal softening
pertaining to
-genic
drooping
producing
formation
view of
-ia
disease
treatment
formation
condition
-iasis
"state of"
Example: hypothyroidism (state of low thyroid)
inflammation
Example: dermatitis (inflammation of the skin)
-itis
-megaly
-oma
-rrhea
"one who studies"
Example: cardiologist (study of the heart)
-pathy
-trophy
-logist
-osis
-lytic
enlarged
destruction
paralysis
-ous
"abnormal softening"
Example: chondromalacia (abnormal cartilage softening)
-nic
-ptosis
-opsy
-malacia
"enlarged"
Example: cardiomegaly (enlarged heart)
-oma
-rrhage
-megaly
-ectasis
"view of"
Example: biopsy (view of life)
-opsy
-algia
-cyte
-itis
What is the suffix? Hint: Don't forget your hyphen
Carcinoma (cancerous tumor)
(a)
-pathy
(a)
"abnormal condition"
Example: cyanosis (abnormal condition of being blue)
-logy
-iasis
-osis
-ptosis
"treatment"
Example: chemotherapy (treatment with chemicals)
(a)
-plegia
What is the suffix? Hint: Don't forget your hyphen
Neoplasm (new formation)
(a)
What is the suffix?
Blepharoptosis (drooping eyelid)
-osis
-ptosis
blephar-
o
Which two suffixes mean "abnormal flow"?
-ical
-rrhagia
-centesis
-rrhage
This means "discharge." Hint: don't forget your hyphen!
Example: rhinorrhea (discharge of the nose)
(a)
-rrhexis
pertaining to
development
state of
rupture
"hardening"
Example: arteriosclerosis (hardening of an artery)
-trophy
-oma
-therapy
-sclerosis
What is the suffix? angiostenosis
(narrowing of a vessel)
-sis
-is
-stenosis
Circle the suffix in "hypertrophy" meaning excessive development
Circle the suffix for "arthrocentesis" meaning puncture to withdraw fluid from a joint
This suffix means "surgical removal" as in gastrectomy (surgical removal of the stomach)
Hint: don't forget your hyphen
(a)
What is the suffix? Hint: Don't forget your hyphen
Colostomy (surgically create an opening for the colon [through the abdominal wall])
(a)
Circle the suffix in the word "thoracotomy" meaning cutting into the chest
-plasty
surgical repair
instrument to cut
instrument for viewing
record
-rrhaphy
paralysis
surgical fixation
process of measuring
to suture
What is the suffix in "dermatome?" Hint: Don't forget your hyphen
Dermatome (instrument to cut skin)
(a)
Circle the suffix in electrocardiogram meaning a record of heart's electricity
"process of recording"
Example: electrocardiography (process of recording the heart's electrical activity)
-scopy
-metry
-graphy
-meter
Circle the suffix in the word "endoscopic" which means: pertaining to visually examining
What suffix means "process of visually examining?"
Example: gastroscopy (process of visually examining the stomach)
suffix meaning an "instrument for measuring"
Hint: Don't forget your hyphen
Example: audiometer (an instrument for measuring hearing)
(a)
-metry
