Medical Terminology Suffixes Quiz
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What does the suffix '-ac' mean?

  • Removal
  • Pain
  • Excessive pain
  • Pertaining to (correct)

    • What does '-agra' signify?

    Excessive pain

    What does '-algia' refer to?

    Pain

    What does the term 'apheresis' mean?

    <p>Removal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-asthenia' indicate?

    <p>Weakness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the suffix '-ase' represent?

    <p>Enzyme</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ate' mean?

    <p>Use</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-atresia' signify?

    <p>Absence of normal body opening</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-capnia' refer to?

    <p>CO2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-cele' indicate?

    <p>Hernia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-centesis' mean?

    <p>Surgical puncture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-cidal' signify?

    <p>Killing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-clasia' or '-clast' mean?

    <p>Break</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-cle', '-cule', or '-ole' denote?

    <p>Diminutive (making something small)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-clysis' refer to?

    <p>Irrigation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-coccus' or '-coccis' signify?

    <p>Spherical bacteria</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-crit' mean?

    <p>Separate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-crine' signify?

    <p>Secrete</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-cyte' mean?

    <p>Cell</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-desis' indicate?

    <p>Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-drome' signify?

    <p>Tie together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-dynia' refer to?

    <p>Pain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ectasis' mean?

    <p>Stretching out, dilation, expansion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ectomy' indicate?

    <p>Excision, removal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ectopic' signify?

    <p>Abnormal place or position</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-emesis' mean?

    <p>Vomiting</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-emia' refer to?

    <p>Blood condition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ent' or '-er' signify?

    <p>One who</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ia' mean?

    <p>Condition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-esis', '-ia', '-a', '-ism', '-ity', '-y', '-osis', '-tion', '-sis', or '-iasis' denote?

    <p>Abnormal condition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-form' or '-oid' signify?

    <p>Resembling, in shape of</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-gen' or '-genic' mean?

    <p>Producing, causing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-genesis' signify?

    <p>Beginning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-gram' mean?

    <p>Record</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-graph' signify?

    <p>Instrument for recording</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-graphy' mean?

    <p>Process of recording</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-iac' indicate?

    <p>Pertaining to</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-inlet' or '-ile' mean?

    <p>One who</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ician' signify?

    <p>Seizure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ictal' denote?

    <p>A specialist in</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ist' or '-ologist' mean?

    <p>Specialist</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ites' or '-itis' indicate?

    <p>Inflammation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ium' mean?

    <p>Structure, tissue</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ize' signify?

    <p>To make, to treat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-logy' mean?

    <p>Study of</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-lysis' or '-lytic' refer to?

    <p>Break down, destroy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ma' or '-mat' signify?

    <p>Disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-malacia' mean?

    <p>Softening</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-mania' signify?

    <p>Obsessive preoccupation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-megaly' mean?

    <p>Enlargement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-metor' refer to?

    <p>Instrument used to measure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-metry' denote?

    <p>Measurement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-morph' signify?

    <p>Shape</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-oma' mean?

    <p>Tumor, mass, collection of fluid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-opsy' signify?

    <p>View of</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-oxia' mean?

    <p>Oxygen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-paresis' indicate?

    <p>Slight paralysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-pathy' mean?

    <p>Disease, emotion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-penia' signify?

    <p>Deficiency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-pepsia' mean?

    <p>Digestion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-pexy' or '-pexis' signify?

    <p>Fixation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-phagia' or '-phagy' mean?

    <p>Eating, swallowing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-philia' or '-phily' signify?

    <p>Attraction for</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-phobia' mean?

    <p>Fear</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-phonia' indicate?

    <p>Voice, sound</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-phoria' mean?

    <p>To bear, carry; feeling (mental state)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-physis' signify?

    <p>To grow</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-plasia' or '-plasm' mean?

    <p>Formation, development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-plasty' indicate?

    <p>Surgical repair</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-plegia' signify?

    <p>Paralysis; palsy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-pnea' mean?

    <p>Breathing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-poiesis' indicate?

    <p>Formation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-porosis' signify?

    <p>Condition of pores (spaces)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-prandial' mean?

    <p>Meal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-praxia' indicate?

    <p>Action</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ptosis' mean?

    <p>Droop, sag, tail</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-rrhage' or '-rrhagia' signify?

    <p>Bursting forth of blood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-rrhaphy' mean?

    <p>Suture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-rrhea' refer to?

    <p>Flow, discharge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-rrhexis' signify?

    <p>Rupture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-sarcoma' mean?

    <p>Malignant tumor, muscular, fleshlike</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-schisis' signify?

    <p>Split</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-sclerosis' mean?

    <p>Abnormal hardening</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-scope' mean?

    <p>Instrument for visual examination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-scopy' signify?

    <p>Visual examination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-sepsis' mean?

    <p>Putrefaction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-spasm' refer to?

    <p>Sudden involuntary muscle contraction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-stasis' mean?

    <p>Stopping, controlling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-stenosis' refer to?

    <p>Abnormal narrowing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-stomy' signify?

    <p>Forming an opening (mouth)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-tome' mean?

    <p>Instrument to cut</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-tomy' signify?

    <p>Process of cutting, incision</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-tripsy' mean?

    <p>Crushing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-trophy' signify?

    <p>Development, nourishment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does '-ule' refer to?

    <p>Small</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Medical Terminology Suffixes

    • Suffixes often indicate a relationship or condition pertaining to something.
    • Common suffixes include -ac, -al, -ic, -ary, and -ar, all meaning "pertaining to."
    • -agra signifies excessive pain.
    • -algia indicates pain in a specific area.
    • -dynia is another term for pain.

    Removal and Excision Suffixes

    • -apheresis refers to the removal of a substance.
    • -ectomy implies the excision or removal of tissue or organs.
    • -desis means binding or fixation of a bone or joint.

    Weakness and Softening

    • -asthenia represents a condition of weakness.
    • -malacia indicates softening of a tissue.

    Bacterial and Cellular Terms

    • -coccus, -coccis denotes spherical bacteria.
    • -cyte refers to a cell.

    Surgical Procedures and Instruments

    • -centesis represents a surgical puncture.
    • -tome is an instrument specifically designed to cut.
    • -scopy refers to the visual examination process.

    Abnormal Conditions

    • -osis denotes an abnormal condition or disease.
    • -ia signifies a general condition.
    • -penia refers to a deficiency.

    Inflammation and Disease Indicators

    • -itis indicates inflammation.
    • -pathy signifies disease or emotion.

    Measurement and Structure

    • -metry denotes the act of measurement.
    • -ium relates to structure or tissue.

    Growth and Development

    • -plasty relates to surgical repair or restoration.
    • -trophy signifies development or nourishment.
    • -gen, -genic indicates producing or causing.

    Specializations and Conditions

    • -ologist refers to a specialist in a specific field.
    • -ia, -ism often highlight an abnormal state or process.

    Other Important Suffixes

    • -rrhea indicates flow or discharge.
    • -emia refers to a blood condition.
    • -spasm denotes a sudden involuntary muscle contraction.

    Summary

    • Understanding these suffixes helps in grasping medical terminology, relating to conditions, procedures, and anatomy.

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    Test your knowledge on common medical terminology suffixes that indicate relationships, conditions, and surgical procedures. This quiz covers various suffixes related to pain, removal, and bacterial terms, helping you understand their significance in medical contexts.

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