Chapter 1 Suffixes

Question 1

-ac

Answer 1

pertaining to ie cardiac

Question 2

-al

Answer 2

pertaining to ie intestinal

Question 3

-ar

Answer 3

pertaining to ie -ous

Question 4

-ary

Answer 4

pertaining to ie urinary

Question 5

-ic

Answer 5

pertaining to ie pelvic

Question 6

-ine

Answer 6

pertaining to ie uterine

Question 7

-ive

Answer 7

pertaining to ie digestive

Question 8

-ous

Answer 8

pertaining to ie venous

Question 9

-ation

Answer 9

a process ie urination

Question 10

-ion

Answer 10

an action ie digestion

Question 11

-ia

Answer 11

condition, state or thing ie pneumonia

Question 12

-ism

Answer 12

disease from a cause ie hypothyroidism

Question 13

-itis

Answer 13

infection of, inflammation of ie tonsilitis

Question 14

-megaly

Answer 14

enlargement ie cardiomegaly

Question 15

-oma

Answer 15

mass or tumor ie neuroma

Question 16

-osis

Answer 16

condition; process of psychosis

Question 17

-pathy

Answer 17

disease ie arthropathy

Question 18

-ectomy

Answer 18

surgical removal ie appendectomy

Question 19

• gram

Answer 19

picture; record ie mammogram

Question 20

-graphy

Answer 20

process of recording ie mammography

Question 21

-metry

Answer 21

process of measuring ie spirometry

Question 22

-scope

Answer 22

instrument used to examine ie colonoscope

Question 23

-scopy

Answer 23

process of using an instrument ie gastroscopy

Question 24

-stomy

Answer 24

surgically created opening ie colostony

Question 25

-therapy

Answer 25

treatment ie psychotherapy

Question 26

-tomy

Answer 26

process of cutting, making incision ie laparotomy

Question 27

–iatry

Answer 27

medical treatment ie pyschiatry

Question 28

-ics

Answer 28

knowledge; practice dietetics

Question 29

-ist

Answer 29

person who specializes ie therapist

Question 30

-logy

Answer 30

study of ie cardiology