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Medical Suffixes Quiz


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PLASTY is the suffix meaning

A. removal

B. to cut into

C. surgical repair

D. inflammation


-itis is the suffix for

A. disease

B. cancer

C. inflammation

D. illness


angioEDEMA is

A. removal of blood vessels

B. taking blood

C. swelling of the blood vessels

D. removal of tissue


metry is the suffix for

A. the process of measuring

B. math

C. removing a tumor

D. adding stitches


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


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


-edema is the suffix for ….

A. swelling

B. inflammation

C. disease

D. study of


nephroPATHY means

A. enlarged kidney

B. removal of a kidney

C. disease of the kidney

D. healthy kidney


Another term for heart DISEASE would be

A. cardioMEGALY

B. cardioPATHY

C. cardioGRAPH

D. cardioGENIC


otomy is the suffix for

A. surgical repair

B. swelling

C. tumor

D. an incision


If a patient has conjunctivITIS, they have what of the eye?

A. inflammation

B. cancer

C. disease

D. removal


If I have a LIPOMA, I have this……

A. fatty tumor

B. fatty liver

C. fat stomach

D. big ankles


-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


The study of life would be this…..

A. biology

B. cardiology

C. archeology

D. astrology




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