Exam Review - Suffixes

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• pertaining to

• -cele

• thirst

• -cyte

• hernia; swelling; protrusion

• -algia

• pain

• -dipsia

• cell

• -al

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• sensation; feeling

• -emesis

• vomiting

• -edema

• record; image

• -gram

• swelling

• -esthesia

• surgical removal; excision

• -ectomy

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• condition

• -logist

• pertaining to

• -ic

• specialist in the study & treatment of

• -itis

• inflammation

• -ia

• study of

• -logy

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• tumor; mass

• -osis

• like; resembling

• -opia

• abnormal condition

• -oma

• vision

• -oid

• large; enlargement

• -megaly

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• surgical repair

• -pnea

• condition of eating or swallowing

• -plasty

• breathing

• -pathy

• drooping; downward displacement

• -ptosis

• disease

• -phagia

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• flow; discharge

• -rrhexis

• rupture

• -scopy

• hardening

• -rrhea

• process of observing

• -sclerosis

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• crushing

• -thorax

• new opening

• -tripsy

• chest; pleural cavity

• -tomy

• incision; cut

• -stomy