Chapter 3

Question 1

suffix for pain

Answer 1

-algia

Question 2

suffix for blood condition

Answer 2

-emia

Question 3

suffix for condition

Answer 3

-ia

Question 4

suffix for inflammation

Answer 4

-itis

Question 5

suffix for enlargement

Answer 5

-megaly

Question 6

suffix for tumor, or mass

Answer 6

-oma

Question 7

suffix for condition, or abnormal condition

Answer 7

-osis

Question 8

suffix for disease condition

Answer 8

-pathy

Question 9

suffix for flow, or discharge

Answer 9

-rrhea

Question 10

suffix for excessive

Answer 10

-rrhage

Question 11

suffix for blood discharge

Answer 11

-rrhagia

Question 12

suffix for hardening

Answer 12

-sclerosis

Question 13

suffix for condition of the urine

Answer 13

-uria

Question 14

suffix for deficiency

Answer 14

-penia

Question 15

EIGHT suffixes meaning pertaining to

Answer 15

-ic, -al, -eal, -ar, -ary, -ical, -ous, -tic

Question 16

suffix for surgical puncture to remove fluid

Answer 16

-centesis

Question 17

suffix for removal, resection, excision

Answer 17

-ectomy

Question 18

suffix for record

Answer 18

-gram

Question 19

suffix for the process of recording

Answer 19

-graphy

Question 20

suffix for separation, breakdown, or destruction

Answer 20

-lysis

Question 21

suffix for surgical repair/correction

Answer 21

-plasty

Question 22

suffix for the process of visual examination

Answer 22

-scopy

Question 23

suffix for opening

Answer 23

-stomy

Question 24

suffix for treatment

Answer 24

-therapy

Question 25

suffix for incision, to cut into

Answer 25

-tomy

Question 26

suffix meaning to view

Answer 26

-opsy

Question 27

suffix for the instrument used for recording

Answer 27

-graph

Question 28

suffix meaning the instrument for visual examination

Answer 28

-scope

Question 29

suffix for hernia

Answer 29

-cele

Question 30

singular and plural suffix for berry-shaped bacterium(a)

Answer 30

-coccus, -cocci

Question 31

suffix for pain

Answer 31

-dynia

Question 32

suffix for softening

Answer 32

-malacia

Question 33

suffix meaning development, growth, or formation

Answer 33

-plasia

Question 34

suffix meaning dropping, falling, or prolapse

Answer 34

-ptosis

Question 35

suffix meaning controlling, stopping

Answer 35

-stasis

Question 36

suffix meaning development, nourishment

Answer 36

-trophy

Question 37

suffix meaning the one who

Answer 37

-er

Question 38

suffix for specialist

Answer 38

-ist

Question 39

suffix meaning resembling, derived from

Answer 39

-oid

Question 40

TWO suffixes meaning little or small

Answer 40

-ule, -ole

Question 41

TWO suffixes meaning structure, tissue

Answer 41

-um, -ium

Question 42

suffix meaning structure, substance

Answer 42

-us

Question 43

suffix for condition, process

Answer 43

-y

Question 44

suffix meaning pertaining to, producing, produced by or in

Answer 44

-genic

Question 45

suffix meaning full of, pertaining to

Answer 45

-ose

Question 46

Describe the procedure: paracentesis (abdominocentesis)

Answer 46

removal of abdominal fluid from the peritoneal space

Question 47

Describe the procedure: Laparotomy

Answer 47

large abdominal incision to remove an ovarian adenocarcinoma

Question 48

Describe the procedure: Mastectomy

Answer 48

removal of the breast

Question 49

Describe the procedure: amniocentesis

Answer 49

a method used to determine the karyotype of a fetus

Question 50

Describe the procedure: tonsillectomy

Answer 50

surgical procedure to remove pharyngeal lymphatic tissue

Question 51

Describe the procedure: angioplasty

Answer 51

surgical procedure to open clogged coronary arteries

Question 52

Describe the procedure: thoracentesis

Answer 52

method of removing fluid from the chest (pleural effusion)

Question 53

Describe the procedure: colostomy

Answer 53

procedure to drain waste from the body after bowel resection

Question 54

Describe the procedure: angiography

Answer 54

X-ray procedure used to examine blood vessels before surgery

Question 55

Describe the procedure: laparoscopy

Answer 55

minimally invasive surgery within the abdomen

Question 56

What is the inherited disorder in which the bones of the arms and legs fail to grow to normal size?

Answer 56

Achondroplasia

Question 57

What is the anxiety disorder that produces a fear of open spaces?

Answer 57

Agoraphobia

Question 58

What is the hardening of an artery with collection of fatty plaque?

Answer 58

Arteriosclerosis

Question 59

What is the sagging or dropping of an eyelid called?

Answer 59

Blepharoptosis

Question 60

What is the new opening of the colon through the abdominal wall to the outside of the body called?

Answer 60

Colostomy

Question 61

What is a record of the electricity in the brain called?

Answer 61

Electroencephalogram

Question 62

What is a deficiency of red blood cells called?

Answer 62

Erythropenia

Question 63

What is the destruction of red blood cells?

Answer 63

Hemolysis

Question 64

What is a treatment using water called?

Answer 64

Hydrotherapy

Question 65

What is the term for “pertaining to the groin”?

Answer 65

Inguinal

Question 66

What is the study of the shape or form of cells?

Answer 66

Morphology

Question 67

What is nerve pain called?

Answer 67

Neuralgia

Question 68

What is the softening of bones called?

Answer 68

Osteomalacia

Question 69

What is pain associated with the pleura known as?

Answer 69

Pleurodynia

Question 70

What is the name for berry/spherical-shaped bacteria arranged in clusters?

Answer 70

Staphylococcus