Common Medical Suffixes Answers

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Cardiopathy refers to .

A
a heart specialist
B
chest pain
C
a disease of the heart
D
heart surgery
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The Latin word claustrum (enclosed place) is used to create the term claustrophobia, which means .

A
desire for enclosed spaces
B
imprisonment
C
fear of enclosed spaces
D
release from an enclosed space
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An angioplasty is of a blood vessel.

A
the removal
B
the surgical repair
C
an image
D
transplantation
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One type of pneumoconiosis is called silicosis, which is a caused by silica dust.

A
heart condition
B
stomach condition
C
lung condition
D
nervous condition
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The term rhinorrhea uses the combining form rhino- (from the Greek for nose) to refer to .

A
nose surgery
B
stopped-up nose
C
broken nose
D
excessive mucous flow
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A colostomy is the colon (large intestine).

A
a blockage in part of
B
the removal of all or part of
C
the creation of an opening in
D
the cleansing of
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Dys- is a prefix that means abnormal or painful. The term dystrophy means .

A
abnormal growth
B
excessive growth
C
painful surgery
D
pain relief
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A bronchoscope is a(n) the bronchial tubes that transport air in the lungs.

A
surgical procedure to repair
B
drug treatment for
C
instrument for viewing
D
disease of
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In the word surgery, the -y suffix means .

A
a process of
B
removal
C
cutting into
D
to repair

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