Suffixes

Question 1

-icle

Answer 1

small/tiny (ex. particle)

Question 2

-ole

Answer 2

small/tiny

Question 3

-ule

Answer 3

small/tiny

Question 4

-is

Answer 4

structure/thing (ex. thesis - structure of a theory)

Question 5

-um

Answer 5

structure/thing

Question 6

-y

Answer 6

condition/process of (ex. abnormality - condition/process of being abnormal)

Question 7

-ac

Answer 7

pertaining to (ex. cardiac - pertaining to the heart)

Question 8

-eal

Answer 8

pertaining to (ex. esophageal - pertaining to the esophagus)

Question 9

-al

Answer 9

pertaining to (ex. Total)

Question 10

-ic

Answer 10

pertaining to (ex. gastric - pertaining to the stomach)

Question 11

-ar

Answer 11

pertaining to (ex. vascular - pertaining to the blood vessels)

Question 12

-ous

Answer 12

pertaining to

Question 13

-ary

Answer 13

pertaining to (ex. pulmonary - pertaining to the lungs)

Question 14

-algia

Answer 14

pain

Question 15

-dynia

Answer 15

pain

Question 16

-cele

Answer 16

herniation

Question 17

-emia

Answer 17

blood condition

Question 18

-ia

Answer 18

condition (ex. paraplegia - condition of paralysis)

Question 19

-itis

Answer 19

inflammation

Question 20

-malacia

Answer 20

softening

Question 21

-megaly

Answer 21

enlargement

Question 22

-oma

Answer 22

tumor/mass

Question 23

-osis

Answer 23

Abnormal condition (ex. psychosis - abnormal condition of the mind)

Question 24

-pathy

Answer 24

disease process

Question 25

-ptosis

Answer 25

prolapse/drooping

Question 26

-rrhage

Answer 26

bursting forth

Question 27

-rrhagia

Answer 27

bursting forth

Question 28

-rrhexis

Answer 28

rupture

Question 29

-sclerosis

Answer 29

abnormal condition of hardening

Question 30

-spasm

Answer 30

Spasm/involuntary movement

Question 31

-stenosis

Answer 31

Abnormal condition of narrowing

Question 32

-plasm

Answer 32

Formation

Question 33

-some

Answer 33

Body

Question 34

-us

Answer 34

Structure

Question 35

-ism

Answer 35

State of

Question 36

-ior

Answer 36

pertaining to

Question 37

-blast

Answer 37

embryonic

Question 38

-carcinoma

Answer 38

cancer of epithelial origin

Question 39

-genesis

Answer 39

production, origin

Question 40

-oma

Answer 40

tumor

Question 41

-plasia

Answer 41

condition of formation

Question 42

-plasm

Answer 42

formation

Question 43

-ptosis

Answer 43

falling

Question 44

-sarcoma

Answer 44

connective tissue cancer

Question 45

-stasis

Answer 45

controlling, stopping

Question 46

-therapy

Answer 46

treatment

Question 47

-therapy

Answer 47

treatment

Question 48

-tion

Answer 48

process of