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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1 In the term arthritis, the suffix -itis means: 1) ______repair. B) pertaining to. C) inflammation. D) removal.

Select the suffix that means "study of." 2) ______-algia B) -lysis C) -logy D) -logist

Select the suffix that means "disease. " 3) ______-pepsia B) -penia C) -pathy D) -plasty

The suffix -scope in the term telescope means: 4) ______far away. B) feel inside. communicate. D) instrument to view.

The suffix -logy stands for: 5) ______specialty. B) department. C) specialist. D) study of.

The suffixes -ic and -al both mean: 6) ______disease of. B) measure of. C) condition of. D) pertaining to.

Select the suffix that means "use of an instrume nt for viewing. " 7) ______-scopy B) -graphy C) -scope D) -gram E) -graph

What is the suffix for vomiting ? 8) ______-vomesis B) -emia C) -vomina D) -emesis

In the term hemophili a, the suffix -philia means: 9) ______to bleed. B) blood. C) love for. D) hemorrhage.

Select the suffix that means "affinity for." 10) ______-phil B) -penia C) -plegia D) -phobia

Select the suffix that means "vomitin g." 11) ______-eal B) -emia C) -ectomy D) -emesis

Select the suffix that means "swallow ing." 12) ______-phobia B) -plegia C) -phagia D) -philia

Which of the followin g suffixes does not mean "pertaini ng to"? 13) ______-al B) -oma C) -ous D) -ic

Select the suffix that means "tumor." 14) ______-oxia B) -oma C) -osis D) -ous

Select the suffix that means "paralysi s." 15) ______-penia B) -plegia C) -phobia D) -pathy

After running five miles, the runner suffered from arthralgi a. What is the meaning of the suffix -algia? 16) ______diseased B) damaged C) torn D) pain

Select the suffix that means "pain." 17) ______-al B) -algia C) -atresia D) -asthenia

The suffix -ia at the end of a medical term means: 18) ______inflammation. B) condition. C) growth. D) disease.

If cyst- is the word root for bladder, what is cystitis? 19) ______inflammation of the bladder B) removal of the bladder cancer of the bladder D) disease of the bladder

In the term alcoholis m, what does the suffix -ism mean? 20) ______formation B) falling C) drinking D) condition

Select the suffix that means "conditio n." 21) ______-opia B) -oxia C) -osis D) -oma

Select the suffix that means "hernia, swelling, or protrusio n." 22) ______-crit B) -centesis C) -cele D) -cusis

A nephrom a is a(n) ______of the kidney. 23) ______infection B) tumor C) disease D) cyst

Select the suffix that means "deficien cy." 24) ______-pepsia B) -penia C) -phagia D) -pnea

Select the suffix that means "hardeni ng." 25) ______-stenosis B) -stomy C) -stasis D) -sclerosis

Select the suffix that means "fear." 26) ______-phobia B) -phonia C) -phagia D) -plegia

Select the suffix that means "excessiv e discharg e." 27) ______-rrhexis B) -rrhagia C) -rrhaphy D) -rrhea

Select the suffix with the correct spelling. 28) ______-rea B) -rreah C) -reah D) -rrhea

Select the suffix that means "hardeni ng." 29) ______-sclerosis B) -spasm C) -stomy D) -schisis E) -stenosis

What does the suffix -logist mean in the term sociologis t? 30) ______one who practices B) field of study treatment D) one who treats

If a patient is schedule d for a nephrect omy, what procedur e will be done? 31) ______incision into a kidney B) visual exam of a kidney repair of a kidney D) removal of a kidney

Select the suffix that means "to surgicall y puncture ." 32) ______-crit B) -cusis C) -centesis D) -cele

Select the suffix that means "surgical removal. " 33) ______-tomy B) -ectomy C) -centesis D) -rrhaphy E) -desis

Select the suffix that means "fusion." 34) ______-desis B) -centesis C) -plasty D) -ectomy

Select the suffix with the correct spelling. 35) ______-ectuhme B) -ektomy C) -ictomy D) -ectomy

In the term thermome ter, the suffix -meter stands for: 36) ______temperature. B) instrument. heat recording. D) measuring instrument.

Select the suffix that means "surgical repair." 37) ______-penia B) -pepsia C) -plasty D) -pathy

Select the suffix that means "an instrume nt for recordin g." 38) ______-graph B) -genesis C) -graphy D) -gram E) -genic

Select the suffix that means "process of measurin g." 39) ______-metry B) -plasty C) -graphy D) -scopy

Select the suffix that means "suturing ." 40) ______-rrhea B) -emia C) -ectomy D) -rraphy

Select the suffix that means "surgical creation of an opening. " 41) ______-tome B) -tomy C) -stomy D) -tocia

Select the suffix that means "to surgicall y crush." 42) ______-ectomy B) -centesis C) -tripsy D) -plasty

Select the suffix that means "an incision." 43) ______-tripsy B) -trophy C) -tocia D) -tomy

A colonosc opy is: 44) ______making an artificial opening into the colon. a visual exam of the colon with an instrument. an X-ray of the colon. an incision into the colon.

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. A suffix is a word part that is attached to the ______of a word root. 45) ______

The suffix that means inflamma tion is ______. 46) ______

A suffix that means "disease" is ______. 47) ______

A suffix that means "study of" is ______. 48) ______

If the prefix a- means "no or not," what is aphagia? 49) ______

A suffix that means "pain" is ______. 50) ______

Besides -algia, what is another suffix that means "pain"? 51) ______

What is the meaning of the suffix -phobia? 52) ______

A suffix that means "fear" is ______. 53) ______

What does the suffix -ary mean? 54) ______

If cyst- is the word root for bladder, what does the term cystic mean? 55) ______

In the term psychiatr y, what does the suffix -iatry mean? 56) ______

A suffix that means "one who studies or practices " is ______. 57) ______

The suffix -logy in the term biology means what? 58) ______

The suffix that means "surgical removal" is ______. 59) ______

The suffix that means "surgical repair" is ______. 60) ______

What is the suffix that means "the process of measurin g"? 61) ______

What does the suffix -rrhaphy mean? 62) ______

If the prefix hypo- means "below normal," what does the term hypoxia mean? 63) ______

Define the followin g suffixes.

-itis ______64) ______

-pathy ______65) ______

-scope ______66) ______

-logy ______67) ______

-meter ______68) ______

-emesis ______69) ______

-malacia ______70) ______

-phasia ______71) ______

-oma ______72) ______

-phobia ______73) ______

-rrhea ______74) ______

-emia ______75) ______

-logist ______76) ______

-iatry ______77) ______

-ectomy ______78) ______

-plasty ______79) ______

-stomy ______80) ______

-tripsy ______81) ______

TRUE/F ALSE. Write 'T' if the statemen t is true and 'F' if the statemen t is false. The term gastropat hy means "disease of the stomach. " 82) ______

In the term quadriple gia, the suffix -plegia means "amputat ed." 83) ______

In the term arterioscl erosis, the suffix -sclerosis means "hardeni ng." 84) ______

The suffix for suturing is -rrhagia. 85) ______

The suffix -ous means "conditio n." 86) ______

The suffix -ad means "toward. " 87) ______

The action of making a puncture is indicated by the suffix -plasty. 88) ______

A gastropla sty is removal of the stomach. 89) ______

An arteriogr am is an image or record of the arteries. 90) ______

The suffix -tome stands for a cutting instrume nt. 91) ______

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