Ch 3 suffix

Question 1

-algia

Answer 1

pain

Question 2

-asthenia

Answer 2

weakness

Question 3

-desis

Answer 3

binding, fusion

Question 4

-dynia

Answer 4

pain

Question 5

-esthesia

Answer 5

sensation

Question 6

-kinesia, -kinesis

Answer 6

movement

Question 7

-phobia

Answer 7

fear

Question 8

-phonia

Answer 8

sound

Question 9

-phoria

Answer 9

feeling, carrying

Question 10

-cele

Answer 10

hernia

Question 11

-cytosis

Answer 11

condition of cells

Question 11

-ectasia, -ectasis

Answer 11

expansion, dilation

Question 12

-edema

Answer 12

swelling

Question 13

-ema

Answer 13

condition

Question 14

-emesis

Answer 14

vomiting

Question 15

-iasis

Answer 15

pathological condition or state, presence of

Question 16

-ism

Answer 16

condition, disease

Question 17

-itis (pl. -ites)

Answer 17

inflammation

Question 18

-lepsy

Answer 18

seizures

Question 18

-lithiasis

Answer 18

presence of stones

Question 19

-leptic

Answer 19

pertaining to seizures

Question 20

-oma (pl. -omae)

Answer 20

Tumor, Neoplasm

Question 20

-mania

Answer 20

obsession, maddness

Question 20

-megaly

Answer 20

enlargmenet

Question 21

-opia, opsia

Answer 21

vision

Question 22

-paresis

Answer 22

slight paralysis, feelings of numbness and tingling

Question 22

-osis (pl. -oses)

Answer 22

condition, state, process

Question 23

-pathy

Answer 23

abnormal condition, disease process

Question 24

-penia

Answer 24

deficiency, small, fewer

Question 25

-philia

Answer 25

attraction, affinitty for

Question 26

-phrenia

Answer 26

of the mind

Question 27

phtthisis

Answer 27

wasting away

Question 28

-physis

Answer 28

growing

Question 29

-plegia

Answer 29

paralysis

Question 30

-plegic

Answer 30

pertaining to paralysis

Question 31

-ptosis

Answer 31

falling down, drooping

Question 32

-rrhea

Answer 32

to flow or discharge

Question 33

-rrhagia

Answer 33

excessive bleeding (amount and/or frequency)

Question 34

-rrhexis

Answer 34

rupture

Question 35

-trophic

Answer 35

pertaining to nutrition

Question 36

-trophy

Answer 36

nutrition

Question 37

-blast

Answer 37

immature, forming

Question 38

-cidal, -cide

Answer 38

destroying, killing

Question 39

-crine

Answer 39

secreting

Question 40

-malacia

Answer 40

softening

Question 41

-para

Answer 41

bearing, given birth

Question 42

-parous

Answer 42

bearing, producing offspring

Question 43

-pepsia

Answer 43

digestion

Question 44

-phage, -phagia

Answer 44

eating, devouring

Question 45

-phasia

Answer 45

speaking

Question 46

-phoresis

Answer 46

carrying

Question 47

-plasia

Answer 47

formation, development, growth

Question 48

-plastic

Answer 48

forming

Question 49

-pnea

Answer 49

breath

Question 50

-poiesis

Answer 50

production, formation

Question 51

-poietic

Answer 51

pertaining to production

Question 52

-poietin

Answer 52

substance that produces

Question 53

-porosis

Answer 53

lessining in density

Question 54

-rrhage

Answer 54

discharging heavily

Question 55

-rrhea

Answer 55

a flowing, a flux

Question 56

-schisis

Answer 56

splitting

Question 57

-spasm

Answer 57

contraction

Question 57

-somnia

Answer 57

sleep

Question 58

-stalsis

Answer 58

contraction

Question 59

-stasis

Answer 59

stopping, constant, static

Question 60

-stenosis

Answer 60

narrowing

Question 61

-cyte

Answer 61

cell

Question 62

derma

Answer 62

skin

Question 63

-emia

Answer 63

blood

Question 64

-emic

Answer 64

relating to blood

Question 65

-globin, -globulin

Answer 65

protein

Question 66

-oxia

Answer 66

oxygen

Question 67

-plakia

Answer 67

plaque

Question 68

-plasm, plasia

Answer 68

thing formed, growthj

Question 69

-uria

Answer 69

urine

Question 70

-centesis

Answer 70

surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 71

-ectomy

Answer 71

removal of part of all of an organ or body part

Question 72

-lysis

Answer 72

destruction of

Question 73

-lytic

Answer 73

pertaining to destruction

Question 74

-pexy

Answer 74

Fixation, usually done surgically

Question 75

-plasty

Answer 75

Surgical repair

Question 76

-rrhaphy

Answer 76

Surgical Suturing

Question 77

-static, -stasis

Answer 77

Maintaining a state

Question 78

-Stomy

Answer 78

Opening

Question 79

-tome

Answer 79

Cutting instrument, segment

Question 80

-tomy

Answer 80

cutting operation, incision

Question 81

-tripsy

Answer 81

crushing

Question 82

-crit

Answer 82

seperate

Question 83

-gen

Answer 83

producer

Question 84

-genesis

Answer 84

origin

Question 85

-genic

Answer 85

produced by

Question 86

-gram

Answer 86

a recording

Question 87

-graph

Answer 87

recording instrument

Question 88

-graphy

Answer 88

process of recording

Question 89

-meter

Answer 89

measuring device

Question 90

-metry

Answer 90

measurment

Question 91

-opsy

Answer 91

view of

Question 92

-pheresis

Answer 92

removal

Question 93

-phil

Answer 93

attraction, affinity for

Question 94

-scope

Answer 94

instrument for visual examination

Question 95

-scopy

Answer 95

use of an instrument for viewing

Question 96

-ad

Answer 96

toward

Question 97

-clast, clasis

Answer 97

break, fracture

Question 98

-form

Answer 98

in the shape of

Question 99

-ic

Answer 99

pertaining to

Question 100

-ics

Answer 100

treatment, practice, body of knowledge

Question 101

-logist

Answer 101

one who studies

Question 101

-logy

Answer 101

sttudy, practice

Question 102

-oid

Answer 102

like, resembling

Question 103

-phylaxis

Answer 103

protection, prevention

Question 104

-plegic

Answer 104

pertaining to paralysis

Question 104

-stat

Answer 104

agent to maintain a state of equilibrium

Question 105

-tropia

Answer 105

turning

Question 106

-tropy

Answer 106

attracted to target structures

Question 107

-version

Answer 107

turning