Exam 2: Understanding Suffixes

The suffix -ectomy means "________ removal."

The suffix -plasty means "________ repair."

The term aphagia means "not ________."

The suffix -stomy means "________ creation of an opening."

Select the suffix that means "affinity for."

A suffix is a word part that is attached to the ________ of a word root.

The suffix -emia means "condition of the ________."

The suffix -meter means "instrument to ________."

Select the suffix that means "discharge."

If cyst is the word root for bladder,what is cystitis?

Select the suffix that means "surgical removal."

The term gastropathy means "disease of the stomach."

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

A nephroma is a(n)________ of the kidney.

Select the suffix that means "paralysis."

A suffix that means "study of" is ________.

In the term arteriosclerosis,the suffix -sclerosis means "hard."

A suffix that means "disease" is ________.

The suffix -ion means "________."

The suffix -oma means "________."