Complex Suffixes Pt. 2

Question 1

-algia

Answer 1

pain
example: myalgia

Question 2

-dynia

Answer 2

pain
example: gastrodynia

Question 3

-cele

Answer 3

hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong)
example: hydrocele

Question 4

-emia

Answer 4

blood condition
example: leukemia

Question 5

-iasis

Answer 5

presence of
example: lithiasis

Question 6

-itis

Answer 6

inflammation
example: arthritis

Question 7

-lysis

Answer 7

loosen, break down
example: hemolysis

Question 8

-malacia

Answer 8

abnormal softening
example: osteomalacia

Question 9

-megaly

Answer 9

enlargement
example: hepatomegaly

Question 10

-oid

Answer 10

resembling
example: keloid

Question 11

-oma

Answer 11

tumor
example: melanoma

Question 12

-osis

Answer 12

condition
example: thrombosis

Question 13

-pathy

Answer 13

disease
example: myopathy

Question 14

-penia

Answer 14

deficiency
example: leukopenia

Question 15

-ptosis

Answer 15

drooping
example: nephroptosis

Question 16

-rrhage

Answer 16

excessive flow
example: hemorrhage

Question 17

-rrhagia

Answer 17

excessive flow
example: menorrhagia

Question 18

-rrhea

Answer 18

flow
example: diarrhea

Question 19

-rrhexis

Answer 19

rupture
example: metrorrhexis

Question 20

-spasm

Answer 20

involuntary contraction
example: myospasm