Chapter 2: General Suffixes

Question 1

-cle

Answer 1

Small

vesicle (small bladder [blister])

Question 2

-cyesis

Answer 2

Pregnancy

Salpingocyesis (fallopian tube pregnancy)

Question 3

-cyte

Answer 3

Cell

Leukocyte (white cell)

Question 4

-derma

Answer 4

Skin Condition

Leukoderma (white skin condition)

Question 5

-dipsia

Answer 5

Thirst

Polydipsia (frequent thirst)

Question 6

-esthesia

Answer 6

Feeling, Sensation

Anesthesia (without sensation)

Question 7

-gen

Answer 7

That Which Produces

Mutagen (that which produces mutations)

Question 8

-genesis

Answer 8

Produces, Generates

Carcinogenic (producing cancer)

Question 9

-globin

Answer 9

Protein

Hemoglobin (blood protein)

Question 10

-globulin

Answer 10

Protein

Immunoglobulin (protective protein)

Question 11

-gravida

Answer 11

Pregnancy

Multigravida (many pregnancies)

Question 12

-kinesia

Answer 12

Movement

Bradykinesia (slow movement)

Question 13

-oid

Answer 13

Resembling

Lipoid (resembling fat)

Question 14

-ole

Answer 14

Small

Arteriole (small artery)

Question 15

-opia

Answer 15

Vision
Diplopia (double vision)

Question 16

-opsy

Answer 16

View Of

Biopsy (view of life)

Question 17

-osmia

Answer 17

Sense Of Smell

Anosmia (no sense of smell)

Question 18

-oxia

Answer 18

Oxygen

Anoxia (without oxygen)

Question 19

-para

Answer 19

To Bear (Offspring)
Nullipara (to bear no children)

Question 20

-partum

Answer 20

Birth, Labor

Postpartum (after birth)

Question 21

-pepsia

Answer 21

Digestion

Bradypepsia (slow digestion)

Question 22

-phagia

Answer 22

Eating, Swallowing

Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)

Question 23

-phasia

Answer 23

Speech

Aphasia (lack of speech)

Question 24

-phil

Answer 24

Attracted To

Eosinophil (attracted to rosy [dye])

Question 25

-phonia

Answer 25

Voice | Aphonia (without voice)

Question 26

-plasm

Answer 26

Formation, Development | Neoplasm (new formation)

Question 27

-pnea

Answer 27

Breathing | apnea (lack of breathing)

Question 28

-poiesis

Answer 28

Formation | Hematopoiesis (blood formation)

Question 29

-porosis

Answer 29

Porous | Osteoporosis (porous bone)

Question 30

-ptysis

Answer 30

Spitting Up, Coughing Up | Hemoptysis (spitting or coughing up blood)

Question 31

-therapy

Answer 31

Treatment | Chemotherapy (treatment with chemicals)

Question 32

-thorax

Answer 32

Chest | Hemothorax (blood in the chest)

Question 33

-trophic

Answer 33

Development | Amyotrophic (without muscle development)

Question 34

-trophy

Answer 34

Nourishment, Development | Hypertrophy (excessive development)

Question 35

-ule

Answer 35

Small | Venule (small vein)