Exam Review - Suffixes

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• cell

• -cyte

• pertaining to

• -cele

• hernia; swelling; protrusion

• -dipsia

• thirst

• -al

• pain

• -algia

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• vomiting

• -emesis

• record; image

• -ectomy

• sensation; feeling

• -edema

• surgical removal; excision

• -gram

• swelling

• -esthesia

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• study of

• -logist

• condition

• -logy

• pertaining to

• -ia

• specialist in the study & treatment of

• -itis

• inflammation

• -ic

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• like; resembling

• -megaly

• large; enlargement

• -oid

• tumor; mass

• -osis

• vision

• -opia

• abnormal condition

• -oma

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• surgical repair

• -phagia

• breathing

• -pathy

• drooping; downward displacement

• -ptosis

• condition of eating or swallowing

• -pnea

• disease

• -plasty

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• flow; discharge

• -rrhea

• hardening

• -sclerosis

• process of observing

• -rrhexis

• rupture

• -scopy

Match the following medical terminology suffixes.

• crushing

• -tripsy

• chest; pleural cavity

• -stomy

• incision; cut

• -tomy

• new opening

• -thorax