Exam Review - Suffixes

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• pain

• -al

• cell

• -cyte

• hernia; swelling; protrusion

• -cele

• thirst

• -algia

• pertaining to

• -dipsia

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• surgical removal; excision

• -emesis

• sensation; feeling

• -esthesia

• vomiting

• -gram

• record; image

• -edema

• swelling

• -ectomy

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• condition

• -logy

• specialist in the study & treatment of

• -ic

• pertaining to

• -logist

• study of

• -ia

• inflammation

• -itis

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• abnormal condition

• -oma

• like; resembling

• -osis

• vision

• -megaly

• tumor; mass

• -oid

• large; enlargement

• -opia

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• drooping; downward displacement

• -pnea

• condition of eating or swallowing

• -phagia

• surgical repair

• -ptosis

• breathing

• -pathy

• disease

• -plasty

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• hardening

• -rrhea

• flow; discharge

• -rrhexis

• process of observing

• -sclerosis

• rupture

• -scopy

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• chest; pleural cavity

• -stomy

• crushing

• -thorax

• new opening

• -tripsy

• incision; cut

• -tomy