Common Medical Suffixes Answers

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Cardiopathy refers to .

A
a heart specialist
B
chest pain
C
a disease of the heart
D
heart surgery
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The Latin word claustrum (enclosed place) is used to create the term claustrophobia, which means .

A
desire for enclosed spaces
B
imprisonment
C
fear of enclosed spaces
D
release from an enclosed space
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An angioplasty is of a blood vessel.

A
the removal
B
the surgical repair
C
an image
D
transplantation
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One type of pneumoconiosis is called silicosis, which is a caused by silica dust.

A
heart condition
B
stomach condition
C
lung condition
D
nervous condition

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