ch2: suffixes, disorders/conditions

Question 1

-algia
hint: fibromyalgia

Answer 1

pain

Question 2

-asthenia

Answer 2

weakness

Question 3

cele

Answer 3

herniation

Question 4

-dynia

Answer 4

pain

Question 5

-ectasis

Answer 5

dilation

Question 6

-emesis
hint: emit

Answer 6

vomiting

Question 7

-emia
hint: anemia

Answer 7

blood condition

Question 8

-gen
hint: generations

Answer 8

producing

Question 9

-ia, ism
hint: what is autism

Answer 9

condition

Question 10

-iasis
hint: paralysis

Answer 10

presence of, formation of

Question 11

itis
hint: contact dermatitis

Answer 11

inflammation

Question 12

-malacia

Answer 12

weaning of, softening of

Question 13

-mania
hint: manic

Answer 13

obsessive preoccupation

Question 14

-megaly
hint: megatron

Answer 14

enlargement

Question 15

-oid

Answer 15

seeming like

Question 16

-ole

Answer 16

little, small

Question 17

-oma

Answer 17

tumor

Question 18

-oasis

Answer 18

abnormal condition

Question 19

-pathy
hint: psychopathy

Answer 19

disorder, disease

Question 20

-penia

Answer 20

deficieny, decrease

Question 21

-phagia

Answer 21

eating, swallowing

Question 22

-phobia

Answer 22

fear

Question 23

-plasia

Answer 23

formation of

Question 24

-plegia

Answer 24

paralysis

Question 25

-ptosis
hint: old lady boobs

Answer 25

drooping, falling

Question 26

-rrhage

Answer 26

bursting forth

Question 27

-rrhea
hint: diarrhea

Answer 27

flow, discharge

Question 28

-rrhexis

Answer 28

rupture

Question 29

-sclerosis
hint: multiple sclerosis

Answer 29

hardening condition

Question 30

-trophy
hint: muscular distrophy

Answer 30

development