Medical Suffixes Quiz and Terminology Practice

1. Question 1
   • At the beginning of the term
   • Only between two roots
   • At the end of the term
   • Immediately before every prefix
2. Question 2
   • The suffix meaning
   • The combining vowel meaning
   • The prefix meaning in every case
   • The longest word-root meaning
3. Question 3
   • It is always added before every suffix
   • It replaces the suffix when the root ends in a vowel
   • It is used only between a prefix and a root
   • It is generally used when the suffix begins with a consonant
4. Question 4
   • hepat + o + ic
   • hepat + ic
   • hepat + a + ic
   • hepat + i + ic
5. Question 5
   • -osis
   • -itis
   • -megaly
   • -penia
6. Question 6
   • -algia
   • -ectomy
   • -metry
   • -osis
7. Question 7
   • -algia
   • -plasia
   • -stasis
   • -scopy
8. Question 8
   • -penia
   • -lysis
   • -megaly
   • -rrhexis
9. Question 9
   • -poiesis
   • -trophy
   • -oma
   • -penia
10. Question 10
    • -opia
    • -emia
    • -phagia
    • -plegia
11. Question 11
    • -pathy
    • -graphy
    • -pexy
    • -scope
12. Question 12
    • Inflammation
    • A deficiency
    • A tumor
    • A surgical opening
13. Question 13
    • -otomy
    • -ectomy
    • -ostomy
    • -scopy
14. Question 14
    • -ectomy
    • -stomy
    • -pexy
    • -tomy
15. Question 15
    • -tomy
    • -rrhaphy
    • -stomy
    • -centesis
16. Question 16
    • -plasty
    • -plegia
    • -plasia
    • -pathy
17. Question 17
    • -opsy
    • -ptosis
    • -penia
    • -pexy
18. Question 18
    • -tripsy
    • -centesis
    • -stasis
    • -lysis
19. Question 19
    • -scopy
    • -scope
    • -graph
    • -gram
20. Question 20
    • -scopy
    • -scopic
    • -scope
    • -opsy
21. Question 21
    • -graph
    • -gram
    • -graphy
    • -metry
22. Question 22
    • -gram
    • -graph
    • -graphy
    • -meter
23. Question 23
    • -metry
    • -meter
    • -graphy
    • -tome
24. Question 24
    • -meter
    • -gram
    • -scope
    • -metry
25. Question 25
    • Enlargement of the liver
    • Inflammation of the liver
    • Surgical removal of the liver
    • A record of the liver
26. Question 26
    • Inflammation of the heart
    • Recording of the heart
    • Enlargement of the heart
    • Deficiency of the heart
27. Question 27
    • Rapid breathing
    • Absence of breathing
    • Visual examination of breathing
    • Difficult breathing
28. Question 28
    • Muscle pain
    • Muscle enlargement
    • Muscle rupture
    • Muscle recording
29. Question 29
    • Pain on one side
    • Enlargement of one side
    • Paralysis of one side
    • Incision into one side
30. Question 30
    • Surgical removal of the colon
    • A process of visually examining the colon
    • A record produced by the colon
    • Surgical fixation of the colon

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