Suffixes

Question 1

-ac

Answer 1

pertaining to

Ex: Cadiac - pertaining to the heart

Question 2

-algia

Answer 2

pain

Ex: fibermyalgia

Question 3

-cele

Answer 3

hernia

Question 4

-centesis

Answer 4

surgical puncture

Ex: paracentesis (puncture of the body cavity for the removal of fluid

Question 5

-clysis

Answer 5

washing, irrigarion

Ex: enteroclysis - enema of the intestines

Question 6

-cyte

Answer 6

cell

Ex: hematocyte - any blood cell

Question 7

-ectasia

Answer 7

dilation, stretching

Ex: gastrectasia - dilation of the stomach

Question 8

-emesis

Answer 8

vomiting

Ex: hyperemesis - excessive vomiting

Question 9

-emia

Answer 9

denoting a condition of blood

Ex: glycemia - sugar in the blood

Question 10

-ectomy

Answer 10

excision (cutting out)

Ex: tonsillectomy - cutting out of the tonsils

Question 11

-genesis

Answer 11

condition of producing

Ex: carcinogenesis - the origin of the production of cancer

Question 12

-itis

Answer 12

inflammation

Ex: dermatitis - inflammation of the skin

Question 13

-lith

Answer 13

stone

Ex: nephrolith ( kidney stone)

Question 14

-lysis

Answer 14

breakdown

Ex: hemolysis - destruction of red blood cells

Question 15

-malasia

Answer 15

softening

Ex: osteomalasia - softening of the bones

Question 16

-megaly

Answer 16

enlargement

Ex: cardiomegaly - enlargement of the heart

Question 17

-odynia

Answer 17

painful condition

Ex: cardiodynia ( pain in the heart)

Question 18

-oma

Answer 18

tumor

Ex: carcinoma - malignat tumor

Question 19

-opsy

Answer 19

vision

Ex: biopsy - excision of a small piece of living tussue

Question 20

-orexia

Answer 20

appeitite, desire

Ex: anorexia

Question 21

-orrhera

Answer 21

flow, discharge

Ex: gastrorrhea - excessive secretion of gastric juices

Question 22

-ostomy

Answer 22

to make a new opening

Ex: colostomy - the establishment of an atrifical anus

Question 23

-otomy

Answer 23

incision to cut into -

Ex: nephrotomy - incision into the kidney

Question 24

-path

Answer 24

morbid, diseased

Ex: sociopath - person who feels no remorse of guilt about behaving badly in social inappropriate ways

Question 25

-pathy

Answer 25

disease

Ex: neuropathy - any nerve disease

Question 26

–penia

Answer 26

deficiency -

Ex: leukopenia - situation where the total number of white boodcells is less than normal

Question 27

-pepsia

Answer 27

digestion

Ex: dyspepsia - upset stomach

Question 28

-pexy

Answer 28

fixation, to put into place

Ex: nephropexy - surgical attachment of a floating kidney

Question 29

-phobia

Answer 29

fear

Ex: claustrophobia - fear of being in a closed small space

Question 30

-pnea

Answer 30

breath

Ex: polypena - very rapid breathing

Question 31

-rhythmia

Answer 31

rhythmical

Ex: arrhythmia - any variation the of a normal heart beat

Question 32

-sclerosis

Answer 32

hardening -

Ex: arteriosclerosis - Harding of the arteries

Question 33

-spasm

Answer 33

sudden violent involuntary contraction of the muscles

Question 34

-stasis

Answer 34

arrest, control

Ex: cholestasia - an arrest in the flow of bile from the liver

Question 35

-taxis

Answer 35

order, arrangement

Ex: thermotaxis - regulation of the temperature of the body

Question 36

-tripsy

Answer 36

crushing
Ex: lithotripsy - crushing of a stone in the kidney by a machine that uses sound waves to break up the stone so that it can be passed in the urine

Question 37

-trophy

Answer 37

development, nourishment

Ex: hypertrophy –overgrowth or increase in the bulk of a body part or organ

Question 38

-uria

Answer 38

urine

albuminuria- presence of protein in the urine