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MTA Suffix Quiz
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ac, al, ar, ary, ic, ous, tic | pertaining to (7) |
| algia | painful condition, pain |
| blast | embryonic |
| cele | hernia, swelling, sac |
| centesis | puncture of a cavity |
| clasis | break,fracture |
| clysis | irrigation, washing |
| coccus | berry shaped |
| crit | to separate |
| cyte | cell |
| desis | fusion, binding, fixation |
| drome | to run |
| dynia, odynia | pain (2) |
| ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| ectomy | excision, removal of a body part |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood |
| er, or | one who (2) |
| gen, genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| genic | origin, formation |
| grade | to go |
| gram | the record made, mark |
| graph | instrument for recording, machine |
| graphy | the process, process of recording |
| ia | condition |
| iasis | morbid condition |
| iatry | treatment, medicine |
| icle, ole, ula, ule | small, minute (4) |
| ism | condition |
| ist | one who specializes in, specialist |
| itis | inflammation |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| logy | process of study |
| lysis | dissolution, setting free |
| malacia | softening, soft |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | act of measuring |
| oid | form, shape |
| ology | study or science of |
| oma | tumor |
| opsy | viewing |
| orrhea, rrhea | flow, discharge (2) |
| osis | condition, disease |
| para | to bear (offspring) |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| pathy | disease, suffering |
| penia | deficiency, lack of, decrease |
| pexy | fixation |
| just a reminder | i love you! |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| philia | attraction for |
| phobia | fear |
| physis | to grow |
| plasia, plasm | growth, formation (2) |
| plasty | mold, shape, repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| poiesis | formation, production |
| ptosis | downward displacement, falling |
| ptysis | spitting |
| rrhage, rrhagia | bursting forth (2) |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| scope | instrument to visually examine |
| scopy | process of examining, visual examination |
| sis | state of, condition |
| spasm | involuntary spasm |
| stalsis | constriction |
| stasis | control, constant level, stop |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| stomy | creation of an opening |
| therapy | treatment |
| tome | instrument for cutting |
| tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| toxic | poison |
| tresia | opening |
| tripsy | surgical crushing |
| trophy | nourishment |
| y | process |