Suffixes

Question 1

Ectomy

Answer 1

Removal of

for example: Appendectomy

Question 2

Scope

Answer 2

instrument or exam

for example: endoscope

Question 3

Tomy

Answer 3

cutting, incision

for example: phlebotomy

Question 4

plasty

Answer 4

repair

for example: angioplasty

Question 5

centesis

Answer 5

puncture a cavity to remove a fluid

for example: amniocentesis

Question 6

pexy

Answer 6

fixation

for example: nephropexy

Question 7

stomy

Answer 7

a new permanent opening

for example: gastrostomy

Question 8

rrhaphy

Answer 8

repair or suture

for example : cardiorrhaphy

Question 9

tripsy

Answer 9

crushing or destroying

for example: lithotripsy

Question 10

gram

Answer 10

record of

for example: mammogram

Question 11

graphy

Answer 11

procedure that records

for example: angiography

Question 12

therapy

Answer 12

treatment

for example: hydrotherapy

Question 13

scopy

Answer 13

visual examination

for example: abdominoscopy

Question 14

logy

Answer 14

study of

for example: cardiology

Question 15

algia or dynia

Answer 15

pain

for example: myalgia or cephalodynia

Question 16

rhexis

Answer 16

rupture

for example: hysterorrhexis

Question 17

itis

Answer 17

inflammation

for example: bursitis

Question 18

osis

Answer 18

abnormal condition

for example: cirrhosis

Question 19

pathy

Answer 19

disease

for example: myopathy