This quiz is designed to help you memorize and master the different medical suffixes, which indicate what kind of surgery, diagnosis, or procedure the medical term describes. Good luck as you take the test.
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1 Find the suffix term of the image highlighted.
Correct!Wrong!-(a)pheresis
The medical suffix term -(a)pheresis refers to "removal".
Example Word: plasma/pheresis
Word Breakdown: Plasma represents the liquid portion of our blood (about 55%), and -pheresis refers to "removal".
Definition: Plasmapheresis involves removing plasma or its components, and returning or exchanging them from and to the blood circulation.
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2 Find the suffix term of the image highlighted.
Correct!Wrong!-meter, -metry
-meter or -metry is a medical suffix term that refers "measurement".
Example Word: gluc/o/meter
Word Breakdown: Gluc/o is a combining form that pertains to "sugar (glucose)", -meter refers to "measurement".
Definition: Glucometer is a device that measures levels of glucose in the blood.
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3 Find the suffix term of the image highlighted.
Correct!Wrong!-ostomy, -stomy
-ostomy or -stomy is a medical suffix term for "surgically creating a hole".
Word Example: col/o/stomy
Word Breakdown: Col/o is a combining word for "colon (large intestine)", -stomy means "surgically creating a hole".
Definition: A colostomy involves the surgical creation of a surgical opening (stoma) in the large intestine (colon).
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4 Find the suffix term of the image highlighted.
Correct!Wrong!-desis
-desis is a medical suffix term for "fusion of two parts into one".
Word Example: pleur/o/desis
Word Breakdown: Pleur/o is a combining word for "pleura", -desis means "fusion of two parts into one".
Definition: Pleurodesis is the fusion between the outer wall of the lungs and its outer membrane to prevent pneumothorax from happening again.
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5 Find the suffix term of the image highlighted.
Correct!Wrong!-centesis
-centesis is a medical suffix term for "surgical puncture".
Word Example: amni/o/centesis
Word Breakdown: Amni/o is a combining form for "amnion (amniotic sac)", -centesis means "surgical puncture".
Definition: The procedure of amniocentesis is the surgical puncture of the amniotic sac to extract amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman.
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6 Find the suffix term of the image highlighted.
Correct!Wrong!-graphy
-graphy is a medical suffix term that pertains "process of recording".
Word Example: angi/o/graphy
Word Breakdown: Angi/o is a combining form that pertains to "vessel (usually blood vessel)", -graphy refers to "process of recording".
Definition: Angiography is a type of medical imaging in which X-rays are used to show what is going on inside the blood vessels.
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7 Find the suffix term of the image highlighted.
Correct!Wrong!-opsy
-opsy is a medical suffix term for "looking at".
Example Word: bi/opsy
Word Breakdown: Bi (from the combining form bi/o) is a word root that pertains "life" or "living", -opsy means "looking at".
Definition: The term "biopsy" refers to taking samples of cells or tissues analyzed for disease detection.
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8 Find the suffix term of the image highlighted.
Correct!Wrong!-ectomy
-ectomy is a medical suffix term for "surgical removal".
Word Example: lob/ectomy
Word Breakdown: Lob is a word root for "lobe", -ectomy means "surgical removal".
Definition: The procedure of lobectomy involves surgically removing a lobe from an organ like the lung or the brain.
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9 Find the suffix term of the image highlighted.
Correct!Wrong!-graph
-graph is a medical suffix term that pertains "instrument used to record".
Example Word: mamm/o/graph
Word Breakdown: Mamm/o is a combining form that pertains "breast", -graph refers to "instrument used to record".
Definition: The mammograph is a machine that takes X-ray photographs of your breasts using X-rays.
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10 Find the suffix term of the image highlighted.
Correct!Wrong!-gram
-gram is a medical suffix term that refers "record of data".
Example Word: son/o/gram
Word Breakdown: Son/o is a combining form that pertains to "sound", -gram refers to "record of data".
Definition: The sonogram is a medical image that is created by an ultrasound echo.
