Common Medical Suffixes

Question 1

What are the components of medical terminology? Check all the boxes that apply.antonymsprefixesroot wordsinfinitivessuffixes

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prefixes; root words; suffixes

Question 2

Combining formsPrefixes✔ SuffixesRoot words

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✔ Suffixes

Question 3

-crine-cyte-ectomy✔ -cidal, -cide

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✔ -cidal, -cide

Question 4

-ac, -al-crine✔ -cyte-ectomy

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✔ -cyte

Question 5

✔ -ectomy-ac, -al-cidal, -cide-algia

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✔ -ectomy

Question 6

Complete each statement by choosing the correct answer from the drop-down menu.

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✔ Prefixes; are added to the beginning of words to describe the location, time, and number.: Prefixes; are added to the end of words to describe and modify the condition, procedure, or disease process.: Suffixes

Question 7

Use the drop-down menu to select the answer that completes each sentence.

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✔ -ac, -al; The suffix that means of or pertaining to is .: -ac, -al; The suffix that means to secrete (produce and release a substance) is .: -crine; The suffix that means killing is .: -cidal, -cide; The suffix that means cell is .: -cyte; The suffix that means to remove is .: -ectomy

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