Additional Suffixes

Question 1

Ecstasies

Answer 1

Stretching or dilation as in bronchiectasis, the dilation of the bronchial tubes.

Question 2

Emesis

Answer 2

Vomiting as in hematemesis which means vomiting blood

Question 3

Lysis

Answer 3

Destruction, breakdown or separation as in hemolysis which means red blood cells are destroyed

Question 4

Pepsia

Answer 4

Digestion as in dyspepsia which means difficult digestion

Question 5

Phagia

Answer 5

Eating or swallowing as in dysphasia which means difficulty swallowing

Question 6

Plasty

Answer 6

Surgical repair as in rhinoplasty which means surgical repair of the nose

Question 7

Ptysis

Answer 7

Spitting as in hemoptysis which means spitting blood

Question 8

Rrhagia or rrhage

Answer 8

Bursting forth of blood as in hemorrhage which means blood burst

Question 9

Spasm

Answer 9

Sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles as in neurospasm which means contraction of the nerve muscles

Question 10

Tripsy

Answer 10

Means to crush as in lithotripsy, the crushing of stones