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Chapter 2 Quiz 5
Some Suffixes You Should Know
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -emia | blood |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | to break down or destroy |
| -oid | like |
| -opathy | common term used to describe any type of disease |
| -pnea | breathing or breath |
| -centesis | refers to puncturing a caving in order to remove fluid |
| -ectomy | the surgical removing of something |
| -ostomy | to make a permanent opening into a body space |
| -otomy | cutting into or incising something |
| -orrhapy | to suture or surgically repair something |
| -opexy | an uncommon suffix meant to surgically repair something into place |
| -plasty or oplasty | both mean to surgically repair something |
| -otripsy | suffix used for crushing or destroying something |
| -ology | the study of |