suffixes #2

Question 1

-plasm

Answer 1

formation; structure

Question 2

-ptosis

Answer 2

droop; sag; prolapse; protrude

Question 3

-rrhage

Answer 3

bursting forth (of blood)

Question 4

-rrhagia

Answer 4

bursting forth (of blood)

Question 5

-rrhea

Answer 5

flow; discharge

Question 6

-rrhexis

Answer 6

rupture

Question 7

-sclerosis

Answer 7

hardening

Question 8

-therapy

Answer 8

treatment

Question 9

-trophy

Answer 9

nourishment; development (condition of)

Question 10

-ule

Answer 10

little; small

Question 11

-centesis

Answer 11

surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 12

-ectomy

Answer 12

removal; excision; resection

Question 13

-ostomy

Answer 13

surgery to create an opening (stoma) from an area inside the body to the outside

Question 14

-otomy

Answer 14

act of cutting/incisions

Question 15

-pexy

Answer 15

fixation; to put in place

Question 16

-plasty

Answer 16

surgical repair

Question 17

-rrhaphy

Answer 17

(suture)

def: a stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision.

Question 18

-gram

Answer 18

record

Question 19

-graph

Answer 19

instrument for recording

Question 20

-graphy

Answer 20

process of recording

Question 21

-meter

Answer 21

measure

Question 22

-metry

Answer 22

process of measuring

Question 23

-scope

Answer 23

instrument for visual examination

Question 24

-scopy

Answer 24

visual examination