Lesson 5: Greek Compound Suffixes I

Question 1

-emia (-hemia)

Answer 1

condition of the blood, congestion of the blood (e.g. leukemia)

Question 2

-logy

Answer 2

science of, systematic study of (e.g. psychology)

Question 3

-lysis

Answer 3

dissolution of or by (surgical division or separation) (e.g. electrolysis)

Question 4

-mania

Answer 4

madness for or about (e.g. egomania

Question 5

-pathy

Answer 5

disease of, treatment of disease of or by (e.g. neropathy)

Question 6

-phobia

Answer 6

abnormal fear of (e.g. agoraphobia)

Question 7

-therapy

Answer 7

treatment of or by (e.g. chemotherapy)

Question 8

-tomy

Answer 8

surgical operation on, surgical cutting of (e.g. glossotomy)

Question 9

-ectomy

Answer 9

surgical removal of (e.g. appendectomy)

Question 10

-uria

Answer 10

condition of the urine (e.g. hematuria)

Question 11

ACR-

Answer 11

extremity, summit (e.g. acrobat)

Question 12

AMYL-

Answer 12

starch (e.g. amylase)

Question 13

BAR-

Answer 13

weight, pressure (e.g. barometer)

Question 14

BARY-

Answer 14

heavy (e.g. baryphonia)

Question 15

BLENN-

Answer 15

mucus (e.g. blennophthalmia)

Question 16

CYT-

Answer 16

cell (e.g. cytoplasm)

Question 17

DIPS-

Answer 17

thirst (e.g. adipsia)

Question 18

DREPAN-

Answer 18

sickle (e.g. drepanium)

Question 19

ERYTHR-

Answer 19

red (e.g. erythremia)

Question 20

GLYC-

Answer 20

sugar (e.g. glycogen)

Question 21

GLYCOS-

Answer 21

sugar, glucose (e.g. hyperglycosuria)

Question 22

HIST-, HISTI-

Answer 22

tissue (e.g. histiocyte)

Question 23

HYSTER-

Answer 23

uterus, hysteria (e.g. hysteria)

Question 24

ICHTHY-

Answer 24

fish (e.g. ichthyismus)

Question 25

IRID- IRIS-

Answer 25

iris, rainbown (e.g. iridization)

Question 26

ISCH-

Answer 26

to suppress (e.g. ischuria)

Question 27

LAPAR-

Answer 27

abdomen, soft part of the body between the ribs and hip (e.g. laparorrhapy)

Question 28

LIP-

Answer 28

fat (e.g. lipase)

Question 29

MAST-, MAZ-

Answer 29

breast (e.g. mastodon)

Question 30

PHREN-

Answer 30

mind, diaphragm (e.g. phrenic)

Question 31

PY-

Answer 31

pus (e.g. pyorrhea)

Question 32

THANAT-

Answer 32

death (e.g. thantoid)