Suffix

Question 1

–ac

Answer 1

pertaining to. “Cardiac” means “pertaining to heart”

Question 2

–al

Answer 2

Pertaining to. “Intestinal” = pertaining to the intestines

Question 3

–ar

Answer 3

pertaining to. Muscular = pertaining to the muscle

Question 4

–ary

Answer 4

pertaining to. Urinary= pertaining to the urine

Question 5

–ic

Answer 5

pertaining to. Pelvic= pertaining to the pelvis

Question 6

–ine

Answer 6

pertaining to. Uterine= pertaining to the uterus

Question 7

–ive

Answer 7

pertaining to. Digestive = pertaining to digestion

Question 8

–ous

Answer 8

pertaining to. Venous= pertaining to a vein

Question 9

–ation

Answer 9

a process; being or having. Urination = a process of making urine

Question 10

–ion

Answer 10

action, condition. Digestion= action of breaking down food

Question 11

–lysis

Answer 11

Process of breaking down or destroying. Hemolysis = process of breaking down or destroying blood. Greek: λύσις comes from λύω, which means “to loose.”

Question 12

–ia

Answer 12

condition; state; thing. Pneumonia= condition of the lung

Question 13

–ism

Answer 13

process; disease from a specific cause. Hypothyroidism= disease from the specific cause of deficient thyroid

Question 14

–itis

Answer 14

inflammation of; infection of. Tonsillitis= infection of the tonsil

Question 15

–megaly

Answer 15

Enlargement. Cardiomegaly= enlargement of the heart

Question 16

–oma

Answer 16

Tumor; mass. Neuroma = Tumor on a nerve.

Question 17

–osis

Answer 17

condition; abnormal condition; process. Psychosis= abnormal condition of the mind. ψυχή “psyche” and -ωσις “abnormal condition”

Question 18

–pathy

Answer 18

disease; suffering. Arthropoathy = disease of the joint

Question 19

–ectomy

Answer 19

surgical excision. Appendectomy= surgical excision of the appendix

Question 20

–gram

Answer 20

a record or a picture. Mammogram= a record or picture of the breast.

Question 21

–graphy

Answer 21

process of recording. Mammography= process of recording the breast

Question 22

–metry

Answer 22

process of measuring. Spirometry= process of measuring breathing

Question 23

–scope

Answer 23

Instrument used to examine. Colonoscope= Instrument used to examine the colon

Question 24

–scopy

Answer 24

process of using an instrument to examine. Colonoscopy= process of using an instrument to examine the colon.

Question 25

–stomy

Answer 25

surgically created opening. Colostomy = surgically created opening in the colon

Question 26

–therapy

Answer 26

treatment. Psychotherapy= treatment of the mind

Question 27

–tomy

Answer 27

process of cutting or making an incision. “Laparotomy”= process of making an incision in the abdomen.

Question 28

–iatry

Answer 28

medical treatment. Psychiatry= medical treatment of the mind

Question 29

–ist

Answer 29

One who specializes in. Therapist= one who specialises in treatment

Question 30

–logy

Answer 30

study of. Theology= study of God