Using

Suffixes

Directions: Write out the meaning for each suffix. Then locate two new terms using

the suffix from later chapters in your text or a medical dictionary (do not use the

examples given in this chapter).

Suffixes

Meaning

New Term

Meaning

–

algia

___

_____

–

asthenia

_____

–

cele

_____

–

dynia

_____

–

cytosis

_____

–

ectasis

_____

–

edema

_____

–

emesis

_____

–

emia

_____

10.

–

itis

_____

11.

–

lith

_____

12.

–

lysis

_____

___

_____

13.

–

lytic

_____

14.

–

malacia

_____

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_____

15.

–

megaly

_____

16.

–

oma

_____

17.

–

pathy

_____

18.

–

penia

_____

___

_____

19.

–

phobia

_____

20.

–

plegia

_____

21.

–

ptosis

_____

22.

–

rrhage

_____

23.

–

rrhea

_____

–

rrhexis

_____

25.

–

sclerosis

_____

26.

–

spasm

_____

27.

–

stasis

_____

28.

–

stenosis

_____

29.

–

uria

_____

30.

–

clasia

_____

31.

–

desis

_____

32.

–

ectomy

_____

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_____

33.

–

ostomy

_____

34.

–

otomy

_____

35.

–

exy

_____

36.

–

plasty

_____

37.

–

rrhaphy

_____

38.

–

tripsy

_____

39.

–

centesis

_____

40.

–

gram

_____

41.

–

graphy

_____

42.

–

meter

_____

43.

–

metry

_____

44.

–

scope

_____

45.

–

scopy

_____

46.

–

cyte

_____

____

_____

47.

–

derma

_____

48.

–

esthesia

_____

49.

–

kinesia

_____

50.

–

opia

_____

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_____

51.

–

osmia

_____

52.

–

oxia

_____

53.

–

partum

_____

54.

–

pepsia

_____

55.

–

phagia

_____

56.

–

phasia

_____

57.

–

pnea

_____

58.

–

poiesis

_____

59.

–

therapy

_____

60.

–

thorax

_____

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