Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

Question 1

-genous, -genic

Answer 1

producing, produced (e.g. photogenic)

Question 2

-hedron

Answer 2

solid figure having a (specified) number of faces (e.g. icosohedron)

Question 3

-iasis

Answer 3

disease condition; often refers to an infection by parasites (e.g. psoriasis)

Question 4

-meter

Answer 4

instrument for measuring, measure (e.g. thermometer)

Question 5

-metry

Answer 5

art or science of measuring (optometry)

Question 6

-nomy

Answer 6

science of, systems of law governing (e.g. astronomy)

Question 7

-oecious

Answer 7

having a house or dwelling (e.g. monoecious)

Question 8

-philous, -philic

Answer 8

loving, thriving in, pollinated by the agency of (e.g. necrophilic, anemophilous)

Question 9

-plasty

Answer 9

formation, plastic surgical operation (e.g. anaplasty)

Question 10

-rrhea

Answer 10

abnormal flow or discharge of (e.g. diarrhea)

Question 11

-stomy

Answer 11

the making of a surgical opening (e.g. gastrostomy)

Question 12

ACANTH-

Answer 12

thorn, prickle (e.g. pyracantha)

Question 13

AER-

Answer 13

air, gas (e.g. aeroplane)

Question 14

AUT-

Answer 14

self (e.g. autopsy)

Question 15

BLEPHAR-

Answer 15

eyelid (e.g. ablephary)

Question 16

CARCIN-

Answer 16

cancer (e.g. carcinogen)

Question 17

CHEIL (CHIL-)

Answer 17

lip (e.g. acheilia)

Question 18

COL-

Answer 18

colon (e.g. paracolitis)

Question 19

COPR-

Answer 19

excrement (e.g. coprolite)

Question 20

CRY-, CRYM-

Answer 20

cold, ice (e.g. crystal)

Question 21

CYST-

Answer 21

bladder, cyst, sac (e.g. oocyst)

Question 22

DACRY-

Answer 22

tear (e.g. dacrydium)

Question 23

GASTR- (GASTER-)

Answer 23

stomach, belly of a muscle (e.g. gastropod)

Question 24

HELMINTH-

Answer 24

worm (e.g. helminthoma)

Question 25

HETER-

Answer 25

other, different (e.g. heterogeneous)

Question 26

HYGR-

Answer 26

moisture (e.g. hygroma)

Question 27

MEN-

Answer 27

moon, menstruation (e.g. meniscus)

Question 28

OT-

Answer 28

ear (e.g. diotic)

Question 29

PSYCH-

Answer 29

mind, soul (e.g. psychopathic)

Question 30

RHIN-, RRHIN-

Answer 30

nose (e.g. rhinophore)

Question 31

TAC-, TAX-

Answer 31

to arrange, to put in order (e.g. syntax, tactics)