Suffixes

Question 1

-ALGIA
ex. neuralgia

Answer 1

meaning pain

Question 2

-DYNIA
ex. gastrodynia

Answer 2

meaning pain

Question 3

-EMIA
ex. leukemia

Answer 3

meaning a blood condition

Question 4

-IA
ex. polyuria

Answer 4

meaning a condition or disease
pathological condition

Question 5

-ITIS
ex. laryngitis

Answer 5

meaning inflammation

Question 6

-LEPSY
ex. epilepsy

Answer 6

meaning seizure or attack

Question 7

-MALACIA
ex. chondromalacia

Answer 7

meaning softening

Question 8

-MEGALY
ex. cardiomegaly

Answer 8

meaning enlargement

Question 9

-OMA
ex. sarcoma

Answer 9

meaning tumor or mass

Question 10

-OSIS
ex. dermatomycosis

Answer 10

meaning abnormal condition

Question 11

-PATHY
ex. myopathy

Answer 11

meaning disease

Question 12

-PENIA
ex. leukopenia

Answer 12

meaning deficiency

Question 13

-PLEGIA
ex. quadriplegia

Answer 13

meaning paralysis

Question 14

-PNEA
ex. apnea

Answer 14

meaning breathing

Question 15

-SCLEROSIS
ex. arteriosclerosis

Answer 15

meaning hardening

Question 16

-RRHAGE
ex. hemorrhage

Answer 16

meaning bursting forth

Question 17

-RRHEA
ex. menorrhea

Answer 17

meaning flow or discharge

Question 18

-RRHEXIS
ex. cardiorrhexis

Answer 18

meaning breaking open

Question 19

-CENTESIS
ex. adominocentesis

Answer 19

meaning puncture and aspiration

Question 20

-ECTOMY
ex. appendectomy

Answer 20

meaning surgical removal

Question 21

-GENIC
ex. teratogenic

Answer 21

meaning producing or forming

Question 22

-GRAPHY
ex. electrocardiography

Answer 22

meaning process of recording

Question 23

-LYSIS
ex. dialysis

Answer 23

meaning separation

Question 24

-OPSY
ex. biopsy

Answer 24

meaning view of or vision

Question 25

-PLASTY *ex. rhinoplasty*

Answer 25

meaning surgical repair

Question 26

-SCOPY *ex. arthroscopy*

Answer 26

meaning visual examination

Question 27

-STOMY *ex. tracheostomy*

Answer 27

meaning opening

Question 28

-TOMY *ex. blepharotomy*

Answer 28

meaning incision or cutting

Question 29

-AC, -IAC *ex. iliac*

Answer 29

meaning pertaining to

Question 30

-AL, -EAL, -IAL *ex. neonatal*

Answer 30

meaning pertaining to

Question 31

-AR *ex. ventricular*

Answer 31

meaning pertaining to

Question 32

-ARY *ex. pulmonary*

Answer 32

meaning pertaining to

Question 33

-ELLA *ex. patella*

Answer 33

meaning small

Question 34

-IATRIC *ex. pediatric*

Answer 34

meaning medical treatment

Question 35

-IC, -ICAL *ex. nephric*

Answer 35

meaning pertaining to

Question 36

-INE *ex. equine*

Answer 36

meaning pertaining/relating to

Question 37

-OID *ex. sinusoid*

Answer 37

meaning resembling

Question 38

-OUS *ex. cartilaginous*

Answer 38

meaning characteristic of

Question 39

-PLAST *ex. chloroplast*

Answer 39

meaning cell or living substance

Question 40

-PLASTY *ex. otoplasty*

Answer 40

meaning formation or plastic repair of

Question 41

-ULAR *ex. scapular*

Answer 41

meaning pertaining to

Question 42

-VOROUS *ex. carnivorous*

Answer 42

meaning eating

Question 43

-ID *ex. plasmid*

Answer 43

means body or particle

Question 44

-ITE *ex. dendrite or nitrite*

Answer 44

**(biologically) means segment of a body part** (chemically) describes “salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -OUS”

Question 45

Suffixes that tell you something about the body isn’t the way it’s supposed to be. *May indicate an abundance, deficiency, presence, or absence.*

Answer 45

Diagnostic Suffixes

Question 46

Suffixes that help describe medical procedures.

Answer 46

Procedural Suffixes

Question 47

Suffixes that mean “pertaining to” or “characteristic of”.

Answer 47

Adjectival Suffixes