Chapter 21: Greek Suffixes 3 (bases/suffixes)

Question 1

-ete, -t

Answer 1

a person or thing doing (nominal)

Question 2

-ician

Answer 2

specialist in, practitioner of (nominal)

Question 3

-ics, -tics

Answer 3

art, science, or study of (nominal)

Question 4

-ist

Answer 4

one who practices or partakes in (nominal)

Question 5

-ter

Answer 5

means of, place for (nominal)

Question 6

-isk, -iscus

Answer 6

little (nominal)

Question 7

-ium, -ion

Answer 7

little (nominal)

Question 8

-idium, -idion

Answer 8

little (nominal)

Question 9

all-

Answer 9

other, different

Question 10

allel-

Answer 10

other, each other

Question 11

bacter-

Answer 11

rod

Question 12

cry-

Answer 12

cold

Question 13

diet-, diete-

Answer 13

to regulate

Question 14

esthe- (aesthe-)

Answer 14

to feel, to perceive

Question 15

gangli-

Answer 15

knot, mass of tissue

Question 16

gyr-

Answer 16

ring, circle

Question 17

iatr-

Answer 17

doctor, treatment

Question 18

iod-

Answer 18

violet colored

Question 19

irid-

Answer 19

iris, rainbow

Question 20

lip-

Answer 20

fat, fatty tissue

Question 21

log-

Answer 21

word, speech, study

Question 22

men-

Answer 22

moon, menstruation

Question 23

mening-

Answer 23

membrane

Question 24

oph-

Answer 24

snake

Question 25

orth-

Answer 25

straight, correct

Question 26

pharmac-

Answer 26

drug

Question 27

psych-

Answer 27

mind, soul

Question 28

pyg-

Answer 28

buttock

Question 29

rhabd-

Answer 29

rod

Question 30

sphinc-

Answer 30

to bind, to tighten

Question 31

spor-

Answer 31

seed, spore

Question 32

stig-, stigmat-

Answer 32

point, prick

Question 33

techn-

Answer 33

art, skill

Question 34

ur-, ure-

Answer 34

urine