Chapter 02: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy
Leonard: Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Suture of a blood vessel is called:
a. angiectomy
b. angioplasty
c. angiorrhaphy
d. angiotomy
ANS: C REF: p. 29 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
2. Surgical puncture of the thin membrane that surrounds the fetus is called:
a. adenectomy
b. amniocentesis
c. angiorrhexis
d. glycolysis
ANS: B REF: p. 29 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
3. Pain along the course of a nerve is called:
a. neuralgia
b. neurocele
c. neuroplasty
d. neurosis
ANS: A REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
4. Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity that contains it is called:
a. a hernia
b. dilatation
c. edema
d. emesis
ANS: A REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
5. A term that means stretching of a structure is:
a. dilatation
b. ptosis
c. prolapse
d. spasm
ANS: A REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
6. The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues that results in swelling is
called:
a. dilatation
b. edema
c. emesis
d. ptosis
, ANS: B REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
7. Excessive preoccupation with fire is termed:
a. hydrophobia
b. kleptomania
c. paranoia
d. pyromania
ANS: D REF: p. 44 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
8. Carcinoma is:
a. an abnormal fear of something
b. another term for cancer
c. any disease of a body structure
d. excessive preoccupation with illness
ANS: B REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
9. Prolapse means:
a. cramping
b. discharge
c. sagging
d. rupture
ANS: C REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
10. A word that is also a suffix that means stopping or controlling is:
a. edema
b. mania
c. ptosis
d. stasis
ANS: D REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
11. Surgical repair of the eye is:
a. ophthalmalgia
b. ophthalmological
c. ophthalmoplasty
d. ophthalmorrhagia
ANS: C REF: p. 34 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
12. A surgical procedure to increase the size of the breasts is:
a. augmentation mammoplasty
b. mammography
c. mastitis
d. reduction mammoplasty
ANS: A REF: p. 33 TOP: Combining Forms for Body Structures
13. Partial or total excision of a nerve is called:
a. neurectomy
Leonard: Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Suture of a blood vessel is called:
a. angiectomy
b. angioplasty
c. angiorrhaphy
d. angiotomy
ANS: C REF: p. 29 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
2. Surgical puncture of the thin membrane that surrounds the fetus is called:
a. adenectomy
b. amniocentesis
c. angiorrhexis
d. glycolysis
ANS: B REF: p. 29 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
3. Pain along the course of a nerve is called:
a. neuralgia
b. neurocele
c. neuroplasty
d. neurosis
ANS: A REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
4. Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity that contains it is called:
a. a hernia
b. dilatation
c. edema
d. emesis
ANS: A REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
5. A term that means stretching of a structure is:
a. dilatation
b. ptosis
c. prolapse
d. spasm
ANS: A REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
6. The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues that results in swelling is
called:
a. dilatation
b. edema
c. emesis
d. ptosis
, ANS: B REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
7. Excessive preoccupation with fire is termed:
a. hydrophobia
b. kleptomania
c. paranoia
d. pyromania
ANS: D REF: p. 44 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
8. Carcinoma is:
a. an abnormal fear of something
b. another term for cancer
c. any disease of a body structure
d. excessive preoccupation with illness
ANS: B REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
9. Prolapse means:
a. cramping
b. discharge
c. sagging
d. rupture
ANS: C REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
10. A word that is also a suffix that means stopping or controlling is:
a. edema
b. mania
c. ptosis
d. stasis
ANS: D REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
11. Surgical repair of the eye is:
a. ophthalmalgia
b. ophthalmological
c. ophthalmoplasty
d. ophthalmorrhagia
ANS: C REF: p. 34 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
12. A surgical procedure to increase the size of the breasts is:
a. augmentation mammoplasty
b. mammography
c. mastitis
d. reduction mammoplasty
ANS: A REF: p. 33 TOP: Combining Forms for Body Structures
13. Partial or total excision of a nerve is called:
a. neurectomy
