Chapter 1 Suffixes

Question 1

-ac, -ic, -tic (Gr.)

Answer 1

pertaining to (adjectival suffix)

Question 2

-ize (Gr.)

Answer 2

to do; to become; to use; to engage in (verb)

Question 3

-a, -esis, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -osis, -sia (Gr.)

Answer 3

state or condition of (noun suffix)

Question 4

-iac (Gr.)

Answer 4

one who is afflicted with (noun suffix)

Question 5

-id, -oid, -ode (Gr.)

Answer 5

(forms a noun/adjective) like, resembling, in the form of

Question 6

-ides, -idae, -ida (Gr.)

Answer 6

descended from ‘genus’, ‘family’, & ‘order/class’, respectively

Question 7

-in, -ine (Gr.)

Answer 7

substance, typically a chemical or hormone (noun suffix)

Question 8

-ist (Gr.)

Answer 8

person interested in; a practitioner who specializes in (noun suffix)

Question 9

-ite (Gr.)

Answer 9

belonging to, the nature of (noun suffix)

Question 10

-itis (Gr.)

Answer 10

inflammation (noun suffix)

Question 11

-ium (Gr.)

Answer 11

tissue or part of the body (noun suffix)

Question 12

-oma (Gr.)

Answer 12

tumor (noun suffix)

Question 13

-y (Gr.)

Answer 13

state or condition of, the act of (noun suffix)

Question 14

-aceus/aceous, -aneus/aneous, -eus/-eous (L.)

Answer 14

made of, having the quality of, full of (adjectival suffix)

Question 15

-alis/al, -aris/ar, -eal, -ilis/ile (L.)

Answer 15

pertaining to

Question 16

-ans/ant, -ens/ent, -iens/ient (L.)

Answer 16

translating -ing added to the verb (adjectival suffix)

Question 17

-bilis/ble, -ilis/ile (L.)

Answer 17

ability to (adjectival suffix)

Question 18

-idus/id (L.)

Answer 18

in a state or condition of (adjectival suffix)

Question 19

-lentus/lent, -osus/ose (L.)

Answer 19

full of

Question 20

-arium/ary, -orium/ory (L.)

Answer 20

pertaining to; (also forms a noun) place of (adjectival suffix)

Question 21

-ad (L.)

Answer 21

indicates direction toward a part of the body (adverbial suffix)

Question 22

-ate (L.)

Answer 22

to make, to cause, to act upon (also forms an adjective) having the form of, possessing (verbal suffix)

Question 23

-tia/ce, -itas/ity, -tudo/tude (L.)

Answer 23

state or condition of (noun suffix)

Question 24

-culus/cle, -illus/il, -olus/ole, -ulus/ule, -unculus, uncle (L.)

Answer 24

diminutive (little)

Question 25

-ianus/ian (L.)

Answer 25

thing or person performing an action; practitioner of (noun suffix)

Question 26

-io/ion, -mentum/ment, -ura/ure (L.)

Answer 26

action; condition resulting from an action (noun suffix)

Question 27

-or (L.)

Answer 27

something (usually a muscle) that performs an action; quality of condition (noun suffix)