Chapter 2 - Suffixes

Question 1

-emesis

Answer 1

vomiting

Question 2

-itis

Answer 2

inflammation

Question 3

-oma

Answer 3

tumor

Question 4

-logy

Answer 4

study of

Question 5

-centesis

Answer 5

surgical puncture

Question 6

-dynia

Answer 6

pain

Question 7

-pathy

Answer 7

disease

Question 8

-centesis

Answer 8

surgical puncture

Question 9

hemat/o

Answer 9

blood

Question 10

encephal/o

Answer 10

brain

Question 11

-clasis

Answer 11

to break, surgical fracture

Question 12

-desis

Answer 12

binding, fixation

Question 13

-ectomy

Answer 13

excision, removal

Question 14

-lysis

Answer 14

separation, destruction, loosening

Question 15

-pexy

Answer 15

surgical fixation

Question 16

-plasty

Answer 16

surgical repair

Question 17

-rrhaphy

Answer 17

suture

Question 18

-stomy

Answer 18

forming an opening

Question 19

-tome

Answer 19

instrument to cut

Question 20

-tomy

Answer 20

incision

Question 21

-tripsy

Answer 21

crushing

Question 22

-gram

Answer 22

record, writing

Question 23

-graph

Answer 23

instrument for recording

Question 24

-graphy

Answer 24

process of recording

Question 25

-scope

Answer 25

instrument for examining

Question 26

-scopy

Answer 26

visual examination

Question 27

-algia

Answer 27

pain

Question 28

-dynia

Answer 28

pain

Question 29

-cele

Answer 29

hernia, swelling

Question 30

-ectasis

Answer 30

dilation, expansion

Question 31

-emia

Answer 31

blood condition

Question 32

-gen, -genesis

Answer 32

forming, producing, origin

Question 33

-malacia

Answer 33

softening

Question 34

-megaly

Answer 34

enlargement

Question 35

-osis

Answer 35

abnormal condition, maybe increase

Question 36

-penia

Answer 36

deficiency, decrease

Question 37

-phobia

Answer 37

fear

Question 38

-plegia

Answer 38

paralysis

Question 39

-ptosis

Answer 39

prolapse, downward displacement

Question 40

-rrhea

Answer 40

discharge, flow

Question 41

-rrhexis

Answer 41

rupture

Question 42

-sclerosis

Answer 42

abnormal condition of hardening

Question 43

-spasm

Answer 43

involuntary contraction, twitching

Question 44

-stenosis

Answer 44

narrowing, stricture

Question 45

-toxic

Answer 45

poison

Question 46

-ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ior, ous, tic

Answer 46

pertaining to

Question 47

• ia

Answer 47

condition

Question 48

-ism

Answer 48

condition

Question 49

-iatry

Answer 49

medicine, treatment

Question 50

-ist

Answer 50

medicine, treatment

Question 51

-icle, ole, ule

Answer 51

small, minute

Question 52

what are surgical suffixes

Answer 52

describe a type of invasive procedure performed on a body part

Question 53

what are diagnostic suffixes

Answer 53

describe a procedure performed to identify the cause and nature of an illness

Question 54

what are pathological suffixes

Answer 54

describe an abnormal condition or disease

Question 55

what are grammatical suffixes

Answer 55

suffixes that are attached to word roots to form parts of speech like adjectives and nouns

Question 56

what are plural suffixes

Answer 56

when a word changes from a singular to a plural form, the suffix is the part that changes