Exam 2: Understanding Suffixes

-scope means "the process of viewing."

If cyst is the word root for bladder, the term cystic means "________." (four words)

A colonoscopy is:

Match the suffix with the correct definition. --penia

A suffix that means "fear" is ________.

What is the meaning of the suffix -phobia?

Select the suffix that means "hardening."

Select the suffix that means "to surgically puncture."

The suffix -logy in the term biology means "science of or ________." (two words)

The suffix -graphy means "the process of recording."

The suffixes -ic and -al both mean:

In the term quadriplegia, the suffix -plegia means "amputated."

What does the suffix -rrhaphy mean?

In the term thermometer, the suffix -meter means:

The suffix that means "surgical repair" is ________.

The suffix that means "inflammation" is ________.

Select the suffix that means "condition of."

A suffix that means "pain" is -dynia or ________.

The suffix for "suturing" is -rrhagia.

The suffix -emesis means "to ________."