Medical Suffixes Quiz
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-edema is the suffix for ….
A. swelling
B. inflammation
C. disease
D. study of
-itis is the suffix for
A. disease
B. cancer
C. inflammation
D. illness
cranioMETRY would be the act of…….
A. measuring how tall you are
B. measuring how long your legs are
C. measuring how big your waist is
D. measuring how big your skull is
If I have a LIPOMA, I have this……
A. fatty tumor
B. fatty liver
C. fat stomach
D. big ankles
The study of life would be this…..
A. biology
B. cardiology
C. archeology
D. astrology
otomy is the suffix for
A. surgical repair
B. swelling
C. tumor
D. an incision
Another term for heart DISEASE would be
A. cardioMEGALY
B. cardioPATHY
C. cardioGRAPH
D. cardioGENIC
metry is the suffix for
A. the process of measuring
B. math
C. removing a tumor
D. adding stitches
-scopy is the suffix for
A. observing
B. cutting
C. swelling
D. surgical repair
The suffix with the meaning of tumor or mass is……
A. otomy
B. itis
C. oma
D. scopy
PLASTY is the suffix meaning
A. removal
B. to cut into
C. surgical repair
D. inflammation
A rhinoPLASTY would be this…..
A. removal of an organ
B. surgical repair of the nose
C. placing tubes in an ear
D. getting fitted for glasses
nephroPATHY means
A. enlarged kidney
B. removal of a kidney
C. disease of the kidney
D. healthy kidney
If a patient has conjunctivITIS, they have what of the eye?
A. inflammation
B. cancer
C. disease
D. removal
angioEDEMA is
A. removal of blood vessels
B. taking blood
C. swelling of the blood vessels
D. removal of tissue