Suffixes for Pathological Conditions

Question 1

algia

Answer 1

pain

arthralgia - joint pain

Question 2

Asthenia

Answer 2

lack of strength

Myasthenia Gravis - autoimmune neuromuscular disorder manifested by an unpredictable degree of weakness of the body’s involuntary muscles

Question 3

cele

Answer 3

herniation or protrusion of a body organ

cystocele - herniation of the bladder into the weakened vaginal wall

Question 4

Dynia

Answer 4

pain

gastrodynia - stomach pain

Question 5

ectasia/ectasis

Answer 5

dilation which occurs in hollow body organ

lymphangiectasia - lymph vessel is dilated due to external cause

Question 6

edema

Answer 6

excessive fluid

cephaloedema - fluid build up within the head

Question 7

emesis

Answer 7

vomiting

pyemesis - vomiting of pus

Question 8

emia

Answer 8

pertains to a blood condition

anemia - red blood cell or hemglyobin deficiency

Question 9

ia

Answer 9

a condition

insomnia - persistent condition unable to sleep

Question 10

iasis

Answer 10

abnormal, unhealthy state

elephantiasis - severe swelling of the extremities

Question 11

ism

Answer 11

indicates a condition of

priapism - persistent, painful erection

Question 12

itis

Answer 12

inflammation

colitis - lining of the colon is inflamed

Question 13

lith

Answer 13

stone, calculus

fecalith - mass of feces is stuck in the intestinal tract and hardens like a stone

Question 14

lysis

Answer 14

breakdown, death of

electrolysis - breakdown of structures such as a cancerous mass, through electric currents

Question 15

lytic

Answer 15

decomposition of

inhibition of

annihilation of

anxiolytic - pharmaceutical drug prescribed for anxiety

Question 16

megaly

Answer 16

the abnormal enlargement of

cardiomegaly - enlargement of the heart

Question 17

malacia

Answer 17

softening

weakening of

bronchomalacia - carilaginous wall of the bronchial tubes become floppy and weak

Question 18

oma/ma

Answer 18

malignancy, tumour, mass

retinoblastoma - eye cancer

Question 19

osis

Answer 19

condition of, state of

halitosis - bad breath

Question 20

pathy

Answer 20

indicated disease or disfunction

neuropathy - dysfunctional peripheral nerves

Question 21

penia

Answer 21

lack of

granulocytopenia - decrease in the number of granulocytes

Question 22

phobia

Answer 22

extreme sensitivity to

irrational fear of

photophobia - sensitivity to light

Question 23

plegia

Answer 23

paralysis

cycloplegia - ciliary muscle of the eye is paralyzed

Question 24

ptosis

Answer 24

drooping, downward placement

uvuloptosis - falling palate

Question 25

**rrhage/rrhagia**

Answer 25

excessive flow of rupture of hemo**rrhage** - profuse leakage of blood

Question 26

**rrhexis**

Answer 26

rupture of a body organ or vessel angio**rrhexis** - blood vessel ruptures

Question 27

**sclerosis**

Answer 27

hardening of athero**sclerosis** - fatty plaque deposits in the inner walls of the arteries

Question 28

**-gen, - genesis**

Answer 28

-gen, -genesis forming, producing, origin carcinogen - substance that causes the development of cancer

Question 29

**-rrhea**

Answer 29

-rrhea discharge, flow dia/rrhea - discharge or flow through

Question 30

**-rrhexis**

Answer 30

-rrhexis rupture arteriorrhexis - rupture of an artery

Question 31

**-spasm**

Answer 31

-spasm involuntary contraction, twitiching blepharospasm - twitching of the eyelid

Question 32

**-stenosis**

Answer 32

-stenosis narrowing, stricture arteriostenosis - abnormal narrowing of a structure of an artery

Question 33

**-toxic**

Answer 33

-toxic poison hepatotoxic - pertaining to the poison of the liver