Common Suffixes and prefixes in Medical Terms. Dr Masoud Sirati Nir
23 May 2015
EXERCISE 2-1 Choose the letter next to the Column 2 definition corresponding to
each suffix in Column 1 and write it in the space provided.
Column 1
Column 2
1. _________ -cyte
A. a morbid impulse toward a specific object or thought
2. _________ -edema
B. a noun-forming suffix indicating a practice or a doctrine
3. _________ -emesis
C. a stone, calculus, calcification
4. _________ -globin
D. a suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a
condition
5. _________ -iasis
E. disease
6. _________ -ism
F. a word meaning fear, often appearing as a suffix
7. _________ -lith
G. cell
8. _________ -mania
H. condition
9. _________ -opsy
J. excessive fluid in intracellular tissues
10. _________-pathy
K. instrument for cutting
11. _________-phobia
L. level: unchanging
12. _________-poiesis
M. narrowed; blocked
13. _________-sis
N. not really a suffix, but a root meaning hard that
sometimes combines with other roots or prefixes to indicate a
condition of hardness
14. _________ -stasis
O. permanent opening
15. _________ -tenosis P. producing
16. _________ -stomy
Q. the protein of hemoglobin
17. _________ -tome
R. disintegration
18. _________ -lysis
S. visual examination
19. _________ -sclerosis T. vomiting
EXERCISE 2-2 Select from the following terms to complete the sentences
below:
Angiography
Colocolostomy
Mammogram
Angioplasty
Colostomy
Oophorectomy
Bronchoscopy
Hysterectomy
Phlebotomy
Chemotherapy
Laryngoscopy
thoracentesis
1. surgical repair of a blood vessel using a catheter (tube), balloon, and stent is……
2. treatment using chemical to destroy malignant cells is……
3. X- ray record of the breast is a (an)……
4. Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest is……
5. A new opening of the large intestine to the outside of the body is a (an)… …
6. A new internal connection (anastomosis) between two parts of the large bowel
(intestine) is a (an)… …
7. Removal of the uterus is a (an)… …
Common Suffixes and prefixes in Medical Terms. Dr Masoud Sirati Nir
23 May 2015
8. Process of recording X-ray images of blood vessels after injecting contrast is……
9. Visual examination of the voice box is……
10. Incision of a vein to withdraw blood is……
EXERCISE 2-3 Write the medical term for the following:
1. Bursting forth of blood
2. Hardening of fatty plaque (in the lining of the arteries)
3. Pertaining to time ( occurring over a long period of time)
4. X- ray record of the spinal cord
5.Sharp, sudden, brief
6. treatment using cold temperatures
7. record of electricity in the brain
8. surgical puncture to remove fluid the membrane surrounding the fetus
9. muscle pain
10. malignant tumor of bone marrow
11. enlargement of the heart
12. abnormal condition of the death of cells
13. disease condition of the kidney
14. incision of the skull
EXERCISE2-4 Provide the terms for the following procedures:
1. Excision of the gallbladder
2. Excision of the appendix
3. Excision of a breast
4. Excision of the uterus
5. Excision of an ovary
6. Excision of the voice box
7. Excision of a kidney
8. Excision of a gland
9. Excision of the large intestine
10. Excision of a fallopian tube
11. Excision of tonsils
12. Excision of the skull
13. Excision of the abdomen
14. Excision of the chest
15. Opening of the windpipe to the outside of the body
16. Opening of the colon to the outside of the body
17. Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest
18. Surgical puncture to remove fluid from a joint
19. Incision of a vein
20. Visual examination of the voice box
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Common Suffixes and prefixes in Medical Terms. Dr Masoud Sirati Nir
Answers key Chapter 2:
EXERCISE 2-1
1-g
2-j
3-t
11-f
12-p
13-h
EXERCISE2-2
1. angioplasty
2. chemotherapy
3. mammogram
4. thoracentesis
EXERCISE 2-3
1.hemorrhage
2. atherosclerosis
3. chronic
4. myelogram
4-q
14-l
5-d
15-m
6-b
16-o
7-c
17-k
8-a
18-r
9-s
19-n
5. colostomy
6. colocolostomy
7. hysterectomy
8. angiography
9. laryngoscopy
10. phlebotomy
7. electroencephalogram
8. amniocentesis
9. myalgia
10. myeloma or multiple
myeloma
11. cardiomegaly
12. necrosis
13. nephropathy
14. craniotomy
EXERCISE 2-4
1.cholecystectomy
2.appendectomy
3. mastectomy
4.hysterectomy
5.oophorectomy
6.laryngectomy
8.adenectomy
9.colectomy
10.salpingectomy
11.tonsillectomy
12.craniectomy
13.laparectomy
15.tracheostomy
16.colostomy
17.thoracentesis
18.arthrocentesis
19.phlebotomy
20.laryngoscopy
7.nephrectomy
14.thoracectomy
5. acute
6. cryotherapy
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Common Suffixes and prefixes in Medical Terms. Dr Masoud Sirati Nir
23 May 2015
Common Suffixes and Prefixes
EXERCISE 2-1 Matching Suffixes with Meanings
Choose the letter next to the Column 2 definition corresponding to each suffix in
Column 1 and write it in the space provided.
Column 1
Column 2
1. _________ -cyte
A. a morbid impulse toward a specific object or thought
2. _________ -edema
B. a noun-forming suffix indicating a practice or a doctrine
3. _________ -emesis
C. a stone, calculus, calcification
4. _________ -globin
D. a suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a
condition
5. _________ -iasis
E. disease
6. _________ -ism
F. a word meaning fear, often appearing as a suffix
7. _________ -lith
G. cell
8. _________ -mania
H. condition
9. _________ -opsy
J. excessive fluid in intracellular tissues
10. _________-pathy
K. instrument for cutting
11. _________-phobia
L. level: unchanging
12. _________-poiesis
M. narrowed; blocked
13. _________-sis
N. not really a suffix, but a root meaning hard that
sometimes combines with other roots or prefixes to indicate a
condition of hardness
14. _________ -stasis
O. permanent opening
15. _________ -tenosis P. producing
16. _________ -stomy
Q. the protein of hemoglobin
17. _________ -tome
R. disintegration
18. _________ -lysis
S. visual examination
19. _________ -sclerosis T. vomiting
EXERCISE 2-2 Select from the following terms to complete the sentences
below:
Angiography
Colocolostomy
Mammogram
Angioplasty
Colostomy
Oophorectomy
Bronchoscopy
Hysterectomy
Phlebotomy
Chemotherapy
Laryngoscopy
thoracentesis
1. surgical repair of a blood vessel using a catheter (tube), balloon, and stent is……
2. treatment using chemical to destroy malignant cells is……
3. X- ray record of the breast is a (an)……
4. Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest is……
5. A new opening of the large intestine to the outside of the body is a (an)… …
Common Suffixes and prefixes in Medical Terms. Dr Masoud Sirati Nir
23 May 2015
6. A new internal connection (anastomosis) between two parts of the large bowel
(intestine) is a (an)… …
7. Removal of the uterus is a (an)… …
8. Process of recording X-ray images of blood vessels after injecting contrast is……
9. Visual examination of the voice box is……
10. Incision of a vein to withdraw blood is……
EXERCISE 2-3 Write the medical term for the following:
1. Bursting forth of blood
2. Hardening of fatty plaque (in the lining of the arteries)
3. Pertaining to time ( occurring over a long period of time)
4. X- ray record of the spinal cord
5.Sharp, sudden, brief
6. treatment using cold temperatures
7. record of electricity in the brain
8. surgical puncture to remove fluid the membrane surrounding the fetus
9. muscle pain
10. malignant tumor of bone marrow
11. enlargement of the heart
12. abnormal condition of the death of cells
13. disease condition of the kidney
14. incision of the skull
EXERCISE2-4 Provide the terms for the following procedures:
1. Excision of the gallbladder
2. Excision of the appendix
3. Excision of a breast
4. Excision of the uterus
5. Excision of an ovary
6. Excision of the voice box
7. Excision of a kidney
8. Excision of a gland
9. Excision of the large intestine
10. Excision of a fallopian tube
11. Excision of tonsils
12. Excision of the skull
13. Excision of the abdomen
14. Excision of the chest
15. Opening of the windpipe to the outside of the body
16. Opening of the colon to the outside of the body
17. Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest
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Common Suffixes and prefixes in Medical Terms. Dr Masoud Sirati Nir
18. Surgical puncture to remove fluid from a joint
19. Incision of a vein
20. Visual examination of the voice box
Answers key Chapter 2:
EXERCISE 2-1
1-g
2-j
3-t
11-f
12-p
13-h
EXERCISE2-2
1. angioplasty
2. chemotherapy
3. mammogram
4. thoracentesis
EXERCISE 2-3
1.hemorrhage
2. atherosclerosis
3. chronic
4. myelogram
4-q
14-l
5-d
15-m
6-b
16-o
7-c
17-k
8-a
18-r
9-s
19-n
5. colostomy
6. colocolostomy
7. hysterectomy
8. angiography
9. laryngoscopy
10. phlebotomy
7. electroencephalogram
8. amniocentesis
9. myalgia
10. myeloma or multiple
myeloma
11. cardiomegaly
12. necrosis
13. nephropathy
14. craniotomy
EXERCISE 2-4
1.cholecystectomy
2.appendectomy
3. mastectomy
4.hysterectomy
5.oophorectomy
6.laryngectomy
8.adenectomy
9.colectomy
10.salpingectomy
11.tonsillectomy
12.craniectomy
13.laparectomy
15.tracheostomy
16.colostomy
17.thoracentesis
18.arthrocentesis
19.phlebotomy
20.laryngoscopy
7.nephrectomy
14.thoracectomy
5. acute
6. cryotherapy
10-e