Common Medical Suffixes

Question 1

What are the components of medical terminology? Check all the boxes that apply.antonymsprefixesroot wordsinfinitivessuffixes

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prefixes; root words; suffixes

Question 2

Combining formsPrefixes✔ SuffixesRoot words

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✔ Suffixes

Question 3

-crine-cyte-ectomy✔ -cidal, -cide

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✔ -cidal, -cide

Question 4

-ac, -al-crine✔ -cyte-ectomy

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✔ -cyte

Question 5

✔ -ectomy-ac, -al-cidal, -cide-algia

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✔ -ectomy

Question 6

Complete each statement by choosing the correct answer from the drop-down menu.

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✔ Prefixes; are added to the beginning of words to describe the location, time, and number.: Prefixes; are added to the end of words to describe and modify the condition, procedure, or disease process.: Suffixes

Question 7

Use the drop-down menu to select the answer that completes each sentence.

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✔ -ac, -al; The suffix that means of or pertaining to is .: -ac, -al; The suffix that means to secrete (produce and release a substance) is .: -crine; The suffix that means killing is .: -cidal, -cide; The suffix that means cell is .: -cyte; The suffix that means to remove is .: -ectomy

Question 8

Use the drop-down menu to select the answer that completes each sentence.

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The suffix that means the creation of an opening is .: -(s)tomy; The suffix that means nourishment or development is .: -trophy; The suffix that means condition or process of is .: -y

Question 9

Use the drop-down menu to select the answer that completes each sentence.

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✔ a blood condition; The suffix -emia (as in hyperemia) refers to .: a blood condition; The suffix -globin (as in myoglobin) refers to .: protein; The suffix -gram (as in electroencephalogram) refers to .: a record or picture; The suffix -graph (as in pneumograph) refers to .: an instrument used to record data; The suffix -gnosis (as in prognosis or diagnosis) refers to .: knowledge

Question 10

Use the drop-down menu to select the answer that completes each sentence.

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✔ beats slowly; Bradycardia is a condition in which the heart .: beats slowly; Psoriasis is related to the skin.: a condition; Podiatry is that deals with the foot.: a branch of medicine; A narcotic is a drug characterized by .: its ability to produce narcosis; An embolism is a .: condition involving an embolus

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