Medical Suffixes Quiz
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If I have a LIPOMA, I have this……
A. fatty tumor
B. fatty liver
C. fat stomach
D. big ankles
Another term for heart DISEASE would be
A. cardioMEGALY
B. cardioPATHY
C. cardioGRAPH
D. cardioGENIC
PLASTY is the suffix meaning
A. removal
B. to cut into
C. surgical repair
D. inflammation
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
The suffix with the meaning of tumor or mass is……
A. otomy
B. itis
C. oma
D. scopy
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
-scopy is the suffix for
A. observing
B. cutting
C. swelling
D. surgical repair
-itis is the suffix for
A. disease
B. cancer
C. inflammation
D. illness
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
The study of life would be this…..
A. biology
B. cardiology
C. archeology
D. astrology
-edema is the suffix for ….
A. swelling
B. inflammation
C. disease
D. study of
otomy is the suffix for
A. surgical repair
B. swelling
C. tumor
D. an incision
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