CH 2 - Suffixes, Basic Rules for Plural Forms

Question 0

-ian/-ist

Answer 0

specialist in a field of study

Question 1

-ia/-ism/-sis/-y

Answer 1

condition of

Question 2

-iatrics/-iatry/-ics

Answer 2

medical specialty

Question 3

-logy

Answer 3

study of

Question 4

-ac

Answer 4

pertaining to the heart

Question 5

-al

Answer 5

pertaining to the voice

Question 6

-ar

Answer 6

pertaining to the nucleus

Question 7

-ary

Answer 7

pertaining to saliva

Question 8

-form

Answer 8

like or resembling mucus

Question 9

-ic

Answer 9

pertaining to anatomy

Question 10

-ical (ic + al)

Answer 10

pertaining to electricity

Question 11

-ile

Answer 11

pertaining to the male

Question 12

-oid

Answer 12

pertaining to the lymphatic system

Question 13

-ory

Answer 13

pertaining to circulation

Question 14

-ous

Answer 14

pertaining to the skin (from L. cutis: skin)

Question 15

singular ending -a (vertebra)

Answer 15

plural ending -ae (vertebrea)

Question 16

singular ending -en (lumen)

Answer 16

plural ending -ina (lumina)

Question 17

singular ending -ex, ix, yx (matrix)

Answer 17

plural ending -ices (matrices)

Question 18

singular ending -is (diagnosis)

Answer 18

plural ending -es (diagnoses)

Question 19

singular ending -ma (stigma)

Answer 19

plural ending -mata (stigmata)

Question 20

singular ending -nx, anx, inx, ynx (phalanx)

Answer 20

plural ending -nges (phalanges)

Question 21

singular ending -on (ganglion)

Answer 21

plural ending -a (ganglia)

Question 22

singular ending -um (serum)

Answer 22

plural ending -a (sera)

Question 23

singular ending -us (thrombus)

Answer 23

plural ending -i (thrombi)