Building Vocabulary (Suffixes)

Question 1

-ac, -al, -ic, -ous, -tic

Answer 1

pertaining or relating to

Question 2

-algia

Answer 2

pain

Question 3

-ate

Answer 3

having, resembling, acting upon

Question 4

-cele

Answer 4

protrusion (hernia)

Question 5

-centesis

Answer 5

surgical punture to remove fluid

Question 6

-cle, -cule, -ole, -ola, -ule, -ulum, -ulus

Answer 6

small (diminutive)

Question 7

-cyte

Answer 7

cell

Question 8

-ectomy

Answer 8

cutting out

Question 9

-emesis

Answer 9

vomit

Question 10

-emia

Answer 10

blood condition

Question 11

-ent, -er, -ist, -or

Answer 11

person or agent

Question 12

-esis, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y

Answer 12

state or condition

Question 13

-form, -oid

Answer 13

resembling, shaped like

Question 14

-genisis

Answer 14

development, origin

Question 15

-gram, -graphy

Answer 15

recording, written record

Question 16

-graph

Answer 16

instrument that records

Question 17

-ible, -ile

Answer 17

capable, able

Question 18

-itis

Answer 18

inflammation

Question 19

-ize

Answer 19

use, subject to (makes a noun or adjective into a verb

Question 20

-logy

Answer 20

science, study of

Question 21

-oma

Answer 21

tumor

Question 22

-penia

Answer 22

deficiency of, lack of

Question 23

-pexy, -pexis

Answer 23

fixation

Question 24

-phage, -phagy

Answer 24

eating

Question 24

-phobia

Answer 24

abnormal fear or intolerance

Question 24

-plasia, -plastic, -plasty

Answer 24

forming, changing, growing

Question 25

-pnea

Answer 25

breathing

Question 26

-rrhaphy

Answer 26

suturing in place

Question 27

-rrhea

Answer 27

flow or discharge

Question 28

-rrhexis

Answer 28

rupture

Question 29

-scope

Answer 29

instrument for examining

Question 30

-scopy

Answer 30

act of examining

Question 31

-stomy

Answer 31

surgical opening

Question 32

-tome

Answer 32

instrument for cutting

Question 33

-tomy

Answer 33

cutting, incision