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Question 1

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

-er, -ist

Answer 1

the one who
(dentist, pharmacist)

Question 2

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

-iatrician

Answer 2

practitioner
(pediatrican, obstetrician)

Question 3

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

-logist

Answer 3

one who studies or specializes
(cardiologist, pulmonologist)

Question 4

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

-ac, -al, -ic

Answer 4

pertaining to
(dental, medical)

Question 5

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

-logic, -logical

Answer 5

pertaining to the study of
(pyschological, hematologic)

Question 6

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

-iatrics, -iatry

Answer 6

medical profession or treatment
(pediatrics, psychiatry)

Question 7

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

-logy

Answer 7

study or science of
(cardiology, pulmonology)

Question 8

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

cardio

Answer 8

heart

Question 9

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

dermat/o

Answer 9

skin

Question 10

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

esthesi/o

Answer 10

feeling or sensation

Question 12

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

gynec/o

Answer 12

female

Question 13

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

immune/o

Answer 13

immune

Question 14

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

ne/o, nat/o

Answer 14

new or birth

Question 15

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

ophthalm/o

Answer 15

eye

Question 16

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

path/o

Answer 16

disease

Question 17

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

radi/o

Answer 17

radiation or radius

Question 18

Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.

ur/o

Answer 18

urinary tract or urine

Question 19

Identify the surgical procedure.

-centesis

Answer 19

surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid

paracentesis

Question 21

Identify the surgical procedure.

-ectomy

Answer 21

excision
(surgical removal or cutting out)

appendectomy

Question 23

Identify the surgical procedure.

-lysis

Answer 23

process of loosening, freeing, or destroying

hemolysis

Question 24

Identify the surgical procedure.

-pexy

Answer 24

surgical fixation
(securing in a fixed position)

nephropexy

Question 25

# Identify the surgical procedure. -plasty

Answer 25

surgical repair | **rhinoplasty**

Question 26

# Identify the surgical procedure. -rraphy

Answer 26

**suture** (fusing a wound with stitches) | **herniorapphy**

Question 27

# Identify the surgical procedure. -scopy

Answer 27

**visual examination** with the use of a lighted instrument | **endoscopy**

Question 28

# Identify the surgical procedure. -stomy

Answer 28

**creation of an opening** | **colostomy**

Question 29

# Identify the surgical procedure. -tome

Answer 29

an instrument used **for cutting** | **microtome**

Question 30

# Identify the surgical procedure. -tomy

Answer 30

**incision** (cutting into tissue) | **sternotomy**

Question 31

# Identify the surgical procedure. -tripsy

Answer 31

surgical crushing, breaking, or **pulverizing** | **lithotripsy**

Question 32

What is the **difference** between a symptom and a diagnosis?

Answer 32

**Symptom** **: indicates a disorder or disease as perceived by change in health status by patient** **Diagnosis** **: the scientific determination of a disease process or condition after evaluation**

Question 33

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -algia, -dynia

Answer 33

pain | **arthralgia**

Question 34

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -cele

Answer 34

hernia | **omphalocele**

Question 35

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -ectasia, -ectasis

Answer 35

dilation | **lymphangiectasis**

Question 36

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -edema

Answer 36

swelling | **edema**

Question 37

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -emesis

Answer 37

vomiting | **hyperemesis**

Question 38

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -emia

Answer 38

**condition of blood** | **anemia**

Question 39

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -ia, -iasis

Answer 39

**condition** | **hysteria**

Question 40

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -itis

Answer 40

inflammation | **osteomyelitis**

Question 41

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -ith

Answer 41

stone or calculus | **fecalith**

Question 42

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -malacia

Answer 42

soft, softening | **chondromalacia**

Question 43

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -mania

Answer 43

**excessive preoccupation** | **pyromania**

Question 44

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -megaly

Answer 44

enlargement | **cardiomegaly**

Question 45

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -oid

Answer 45

**resembling** | **humanoid**

Question 46

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -oma

Answer 46

tumor | **lymphoma**

Question 47

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -osis

Answer 47

condition (abnormality) | **psychosis**

Question 48

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -penia

Answer 48

deficiency | **neutropenia**

Question 49

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -phobia

Answer 49

abnormal fear | **thalassophobia**

Question 50

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -ptosis

Answer 50

sagging | **ptosis (sagging upper eyelid)**

Question 51

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -rrhage, -rrhagia

Answer 51

excessive bleeding | **hemorhage**

Question 52

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -rrhea

Answer 52

flow or discharge | **amenorrhea**

Question 53

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -rrhexis

Answer 53

rupture | **enterorrhexis**

Question 54

# Identify the symptom or diagnosis. -spasm

Answer 54

**cramp, twitching** | **vasospasm**