Prefixes & Suffixes

Question 1

-lysis

Answer 1

separation or breaking into parts

Question 2

sub-

Answer 2

below

Question 3

-rrhage

Answer 3

to rupture or burst forth

Question 4

-tomy

Answer 4

an incision

Question 5

peri-

Answer 5

around

Question 6

-scope

Answer 6

instrument to visually examine

Question 7

hepatitis

Answer 7

inflammation of the liver

Question 8

arthralgia

Answer 8

joint pain

Question 9

-pathy

Answer 9

disease

Question 10

-itis

Answer 10

inflammation

Question 11

-gram

Answer 11

record

Question 12

post-

Answer 12

after

Question 13

-tomy

Answer 13

incision or cutting into

Question 14

-centesis

Answer 14

surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

Question 15

-therapy

Answer 15

treatment

Question 16

dys-

Answer 16

difficult, painful, bad

Question 17

ren/o

Answer 17

kidney

Question 18

hepta/o

Answer 18

liver

Question 19

-megaly

Answer 19

enlargement

Question 20

-ectomy

Answer 20

excision or surgical removal

Question 21

hyper-

Answer 21

excessive, increased

Question 22

-algia

Answer 22

pain

Question 23

Hemorrhage

Answer 23

bursting forth or rupture of blood from vessels

Question 24

an-

Answer 24

without or no

Question 25

poly-

Answer 25

many

Question 26

-logy

Answer 26

study of

Question 27

endoscopy

Answer 27

procedure to visually examine inside the body

Question 28

osteomalacia

Answer 28

abnormal softening of bone

Question 29

-osis

Answer 29

abnormal condition

Question 30

chemotherapy

Answer 30

treatment with chemicals or drugs

Question 31

colostomy

Answer 31

surgical creation of an opening between the colon and the body surface

Question 32

ovariohyterectomy

Answer 32

surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus

Question 33

-algia

Answer 33

pain

Question 34

ecto-

Answer 34

outside of

Question 35

ab-

Answer 35

away from

Question 36

gastric

Answer 36

pertaining to the stomach

Question 37

cardiomegaly

Answer 37

heart enlargement

Question 38

hyper-

Answer 38

elevated

Question 39

hypo-

Answer 39

depressed, decreased

Question 40

renal

Answer 40

pertaining to the kidney

Question 41

-scopy

Answer 41

procedure to visually examine

Question 42

-malacia

Answer 42

abnormal softening

Question 43

-plasty

Answer 43

surgical repair

Question 44

pan-

Answer 44

all

Question 45

-pexy

Answer 45

suture to stabalize

Question 46

eu-

Answer 46

good, easy, normal

Question 47

epi-

Answer 47

upper

Question 48

-rrhea

Answer 48

flow or discharge

Question 49

-graphy

Answer 49

procedure that records

Question 50

inter-

Answer 50

between

Question 51

gastropexy

Answer 51

suturing of stomach to body wall