Medical suffixes

Amira El-Adawy

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  1. Wr:rhino------

    Meaning:surgical repair of the nose

    2. Your answer:
    ectomy
    plasty
    stomy

  2. Wr:litho------

    Meaning:surgical crushing of a stone

    3. Your answer:
    tome
    scope
    tripsy

  3. Wr:derma------

    Meaning:an instrument to cut the skin

    4. Your answer:
    tome

  4. Wr:gastr-----

    Meaning:inflamation in the stomach

    5. Your answer:
    itis
    magaly
    oma

  5. Wr:oto------

    Meaning:discharge of the ear

    6. Your answer:
    megaly
    rrhea
    itis

  6. Wr:gastro-------

    Meaning:a pain in the stomach

    7. Your answer:
    dynia
    lysis
    itis

  7. Wr:sigmoid-----

    Meaning:visual examination of the sigmoid colon

    8. Your answer:
    scope
    graph
    oscopy

  8. Wr:append-----

    Meaning:removal of the appendix

    9. Your answer:
    ectomy
    stomy
    tomy

  9. Wr:neuro-------

    Meaning:sugical distruction of a nerve

    10. Your answer:
    tomy
    tripsy
    lysis

  10. Hepatomegaly means expansion of the liver.

    11. Your answer:
    True False

  11. Electrocardiograph means the instrument which records the movement of the heart.

    12. Your answer:
    True False

  12. Tonsillectomy means excision of the tonsills.

    13. Your answer:
    True False

  13. hepatitis means inflamationof the stomach.

    14. Your answer:
    True False

  14. Cephalalgia means pain in the stomach.

    15. Your answer:
    True False

  15. Quadriplegia means paralysis of the four extremities and the trunk.

    16. Your answer:
    True False

  16. Sigmoidoscope means the instrument which in used to examine the sigmoid colon

    17. Your answer:
    True False

  17. Rhinoplasty means surgical repair of the nose

    18. Your answer:
    True False

  18. Gastrodynia means a pain in the head.

    19. Your answer:
    True False

  19. Hydrophobia means fear of confined places.

    20. Your answer:
    True False

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