Chapter 23: Greek Compound Suffixes 2 (words)

Question 1

nycturia (nyct-ur-ia)

Answer 1

nyct = night
ur = urine
ia = nominal
frequency of urination at night

Question 2

proctology (proct-o-logy)

Answer 2

proct = anus, rectum
logy = study or science of
the study of the rectum and anus, and of the treatment of their diseases

Question 3

splenectomy (splen-ectomy)

Answer 3

splen = spleen
ectomy = cutting out, removal
excision of the spleen

Question 4

biopsy (bi-op-sy)

Answer 4

bi = life
op = eye, sight
sy = nominal
the removal and examination of tissue from the living body

Question 5

osteopathy (oste-o-pathy)

Answer 5

oste = bone
pathy = disease, disorder, feeling
any disease of the bone

Question 6

cacophony (cac-o-phon-y)

Answer 6

cac = bad
phon = sound, voice
y = nominal
a combination of sounds that are harsh or discordant

Question 7

iridokeratitis (irid-o-kerat-itis)

Answer 7

irid = iris, rainbow
kerat = horn, cornea
itis = nominal
inflammation of the iris and cornea

Question 8

salpingectomy (salping-ectomy)

Answer 8

salping = tube
ectomy = cutting out, removal
surgical removal of the uterine tube

Question 9

angioplasty (angi-o-plasty)

Answer 9

angi = vessel
plasty = shaping, reconstruction
the widening of a blood vessel that has become narrow

Question 10

enterostomy (enter-o-stomy)

Answer 10

enter = intestine
stomy = cutting of an opening or mouth
the formation of an opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall

Question 11

atrophy (a-trophy), dystrophy (dys-trophy)

Answer 11

a = not, without
dys = bad, disordered, difficult
trophy = nourishment
a wasting away from a lack of nourishment

Question 12

enteropathy (enter-o-pathy)

Answer 12

enter = intestine
pathy = disease, disorder, feeling
any disease of the intestines

Question 13

autopsy (aut-op-sy)

Answer 13

aut = self
op = eye, sight
sy = nominal
postmortem examination

Question 14

nyctophobia (nyct-o-phobia)

Answer 14

nyct = night
phobia = intense fear of or aversion to
irrational fear of the night

Question 15

ophthalmology (ophthalm-o-logy)

Answer 15

ophthalm = eye
logy = study or science of
the medical specialty dealing with the eye

Question 16

astronomy (astr-o-nomy)

Answer 16

astr = star
nomy = study or science of
the branch of science dealing with celestial bodies

Question 17

heliotherapy (heli-o-therapy)

Answer 17

heli = sun
therapy = treatment
treatment by exposure to the sun’s rays

Question 18

rhinoplasty (rhin-o-plasty)

Answer 18

rhin = nose
plasty = shaping, reconstruction
surgical reshaping of the nose

Question 19

oncology (onc-o-logy)

Answer 19

onc = tumor, swelling
logy = study or science of
the branch of medicine dealing with tumors

Question 20

tracheostomy (trache-o-stomy), tracheotomy (trache-o-tomy)

Answer 20

trache = rough, windpipe
stomy = cutting of an opening or mouth
tomy = cutting
surgical opening of the trachea

Question 21

cheiloplasty (cheil-o-plasty)

Answer 21

cheil = lip
plasty = shaping, reconstruction
plastic surgery on the lip

Question 22

angiography (angi-o-graphy)

Answer 22

angi = vessel
graphy = writing, imaging
a technique used to visualize the blood vessels

Question 23

antrostomy (antr-o-stomy)

Answer 23

antr = cavity
stomy = cutting of an opening or mouth
the making of a surgical opening in a cavity

Question 24

telepathy (tele-pathy)

Answer 24

tele = from far away, at a distance
pathy = disease, disorder, feeling
extrasensory perception of another’s mental activity

Question 25

heliotaxis (heli-o-tax-is)

Answer 25

heli = sun tax = to order, to arrange the movement of cells in response to the sun

Question 26

pneumoenteritis (pneum-o-enter-itis)

Answer 26

pneumon = lung enter = intestine itis = nominal inflammation of the lung and intestine

Question 27

pyretotherapy (pyret-o-therapy)

Answer 27

pyret = fire, fever therapy = treatment treatment of disease by raising body temperature

Question 28

phonology (phon-o-logy), phonetics (phon-etics)

Answer 28

phon = sound, voice logy = study or science of etic = nominal the science of vocal sounds

Question 29

leptodactylous (lept-o-dactyl-ous)

Answer 29

lept = thin, delicate dactyl = finger, toe ous = adjectival having slender digits

Question 30

lymphotrophy (lymph-o-trophy)

Answer 30

lymph = water, lymph trophy = nourishment the nourishment of cells by lymph

Question 31

pyrogen (pyr-o-gen)

Answer 31

pyr = fire, fever gen = to be produced a fever-producing substance

Question 32

splenomegaly (splen-o-megal-y)

Answer 32

splen = spleen megal = great, large y = nominal enlargement of the spleen

Question 33

leptorrhine (lept-o-rrhine)

Answer 33

lept = thin, delicate rrhin = nose possessing a long, slender nose

Question 34

blepharectomy (blephar-ectomy)

Answer 34

blephar = eyelid ectomy = cutting out, removal the removal of a lesion of the eyelid

Question 35

phlebography (phleb-o-graphy)

Answer 35

phleb = vein graphy = writing, imaging visualization of the veins through a contrast medium

Question 36

keratoplasty (kerat-o-plasty)

Answer 36

kerat = horn, cornea plasty = shaping, reconstruction surgery on the cornea (e.g., in a transplant)

Question 37

taxonomy (tax-o-nomy)

Answer 37

tax = to order, to arrange nomy = study or science of the classification of organisms into categories

Question 38

oncotomy (onc-o-tomy)

Answer 38

onc = tumor, swelling tomy = cutting the cutting of a tumor or swelling

Question 39

telekinetic (tele-kine-tic)

Answer 39

tele = from far away, at a distance kine = to move tic = adjectival related to the movement of objects by the mind

Question 40

phonasthenia (phon-a-sthenia)

Answer 40

phon = sound, voice a = not, without sthenia = condition of strength weakness of the voice

Question 41

lymphocytosis (lymph-o-cyt-osis)

Answer 41

lymph = water, lymph cyt = cell osis = nominal excess of normal lymph cells in the blood

Question 42

pylorus (pylor-ous)

Answer 42

pylor = gate, entrance, lower stomach us = nominal distal part of the stomach adjacent to the duodenum

Question 43

leukotaxis (leuk-o-tax-is)

Answer 43

leuk = white tax = to order, to arrange the deployment of white blood cells in areas of injury

Question 44

blepharoncus (blephar-onc-us)

Answer 44

blephar = eyelid onc = tumor, swelling us = nominal a tumor on the eyelid

Question 45

leptocyte (lept-o-cyte)

Answer 45

lept = thin, delicate cyt = cell abnormally slender erythrocyte seen in some blood diseases

Question 46

heterophthalmia (heter-ophthalm-ia)

Answer 46

heter = other, different ophthalm = eye ia = nominal difference in the direction of the axes or color of the eyes

Question 47

phonocardiography (phon-o-cardi-o-graphy)

Answer 47

phon = sound, voice cardi = heart graphy = writing, imaging graphic representation of any acoustic phenomena of the heart

Question 48

pyretic (pyret-ic)

Answer 48

pyret = fire, fever ic = adjectival related to or characterized by fever

Question 49

procteurynter (proct-euryn-ter)

Answer 49

proct = anus, rectum euryn = wide ter = nominal bag-like device used to dilate or widen the rectum

Question 50

otorhinolaryngology (ot-o-rhin-o-laryng-o-logy)

Answer 50

ot = ear rhin = nose laryng = larynx logy = study or science of branch of medicine concerned with the ear, nose, and throat

Question 51

pylephlebitis (pyle-phleb-itis)

Answer 51

pyle = gate, entrance, lower stomach phleb = vein itis = nominal inflammation of the portal vein

Question 52

cheiloschisis (cheil-o-schis-is)

Answer 52

cheil = lip schis = to split, to rupture sis = nominal cleft lip

Question 53

cacosmia (cac-osm-ia)

Answer 53

cac = bad osm = smell ia = nominal perception of bad odor without exposure to such stimuli

Question 54

osteophyte (oste-o-phyte)

Answer 54

oste = bone phyt = plant, growth a bony growth

Question 55

salpingography (salping-o-graphy)

Answer 55

salping = tube graphy = writing, imaging visualization of the uterine tubes via radiography