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Suffixes - Medical Terminology
Suffixes - Medical Terminology
SURGICAL SUFFIXES
1. Use the following suffixes to complete the words (some suffixes are used more than once):
- centesis, -clasis, -desis, -ectomy, -plasty, rrhaphy, - stomy, -tome, -tomy, -tripsy
DIAGNOSTIC SUFFIXES
h) hypertrophy - __________________ of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells
6. Use the adjecive suffixes in the following list to create a medical word (some suffixes are used
more than once):
7. Use the noun suffixes in the following list to create a medical word: - ia, -ist, -ism, - ician
8. Use the diminutive suffxes in the following list to create a medical word: -icle, -ole, -ule