Chapter 1: Suffixes

Question 1

-ac

Answer 1

Pertaining to

Example: cardiac

Question 2

-al

Answer 2

Pertaining to

Example: neural

Question 3

-algia

Answer 3

Pain

Example: arthralgia

Question 4

-cyte

Answer 4

Cell

Example: erythrocyte

Question 5

-ectomy

Answer 5

Excision, removal

Example: nephrectomy

Question 6

-emia

Answer 6

Blood condition

Example: leukemia

Question 7

-genic

Answer 7

Pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

Example: carcinogenic

Question 8

-globin

Answer 8

Protein

Example: hemoglobin

Question 9

-gram

Answer 9

Record

Example: electrocardiogram

Question 10

• ic

- ical

Answer 10

Pertaining to

Examples: gastric, pathological

Question 11

-ion

Answer 11

Process

Example: excision

Question 12

-ist

Answer 12

Specialist

Example: oncologist

Question 13

-itis

Answer 13

Inflammation

Example: encephalitis

Question 14

-logy

Answer 14

Process of study

Example: radiology

Question 15

-oma

Answer 15

Tumor, mass, swelling

Example: neuroma

Question 16

-opsy

Answer 16

Process of viewing

Example: autopsy

Question 17

-osis

Answer 17

Condition, usually abnormal

Example: nephrosis

Question 18

-pathy

Answer 18

Disease condition

Example: enteropathy

Question 19

-scope

Answer 19

Instrument to visually examine

Example: endoscope

Question 20

-scopy

Answer 20

Process of visually examining

Example: endoscopy

Question 21

-sis

Answer 21

State of; condition

Example: diagnosis

Question 22

-tomy

Answer 22

Process of cutting, incision

Example: osteotomy

Question 23

-y

Answer 23

Process, condition

Example: gastroenterology