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| Question | Answer |
| Which word root goes with this greek word and what does it mean? Kardia | cardi heart |
| Which word root goes with this greek word and what does it mean? erythros | erythr red |
| Which word root goes with this greek word and what does it mean? gastros | gastr stomach |
| Which word root goes with this greek word and what does it mean? Nephros | nephr kidney |
| Which word root goes with this greek word and what does it mean? osteon | oste bone |
| What vowel is usually used to combine word roots with word roots suffixes? | o |
| Example: Hepato What does it mean? | liver |
| Suffixes give words new meanings. In medical terminology, a suffix usually indicates: =a procedure =a condition =a health level =a disease =a part of speech Find the false element? | a health level |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -algia | pain |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -cele | hernia, swelling |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -centesis | surgical procedure |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -cyte | cell |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -ectasis | dilatation, expansion |
| Find the suffix that relates to: excision, surgical removal | -ectomy |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -emesis | vomiting |
| Find the suffix that relates to: blood condition (of) | -emia |
| Find the suffix that relates to: a writing, record | -gram |
| Find the suffix that relates to: instrument for recording | -graph |
| Find the suffix that relates to: process of recording | -graphy |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -iasis | condition, formation of, presence |
| Find the suffix that relates to: inflammation | -itis |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -lith | stone, calculus |
| Find the suffix that relates to: study of | -logy |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -lysis | separate, destroy, break down |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -megaly | enlargement |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -meter | measure, instrument for measuring |
| Find the suffix that relates to: the act of measuring, to measure | -metry |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -oma | tumor |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -paresis | partial or incomplete paralysis |
| Find the suffix that relates to the following meaning: disease | -pathy |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -pexy | fixation, suspension |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -phagia | eating, ingesting, swallowing |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -phasia | speech |
| Find the suffix that relates to the following meaning: fear (of) | -phobia |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -plasty | formation, plastic repair, surgical repair |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -rrhage or -rrhagia | burst form (of) |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -rrhaphy | suture |
| Find the suffix that relates to the following meaning: discharge, flow | -rrhea |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -scope | instrument to view or examine |
| Find the suffix that relates to the following meaning: visual examination | -scopy |
| Find the suffix that relates to the following meaning: involuntary contraction, twitching | -spasm |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -stasis | standing still |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -stenosis | constriction, narrowing |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -stomy | mouth, forming a new opening |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -tomy | incision, cut into |
| Find the suffix that relates to the following meaning: poison | -toxic |
| Find the meaning of the following suffix: -tripsy | crush |
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