chapter 5 suffixes

Question 1

-ac , -al, -ar, -ary, -eal

Answer 1

pertaining to, condition of

Question 2

-ia, -ic, -ory, -ous, -tic

Answer 2

pertaining to, condition of

Question 3

-algia, -dynia

Answer 3

pain

Question 4

-ad

Answer 4

toward

Question 5

-ase

Answer 5

enzyme

Question 6

-asthenia

Answer 6

weakness

Question 7

-blast

Answer 7

baby, immature

Question 8

-cele

Answer 8

hernia, abnormal pain

Question 9

-cide

Answer 9

killing, destroying

Question 10

-crine

Answer 10

to secrete

Question 11

-cyte

Answer 11

cell

Question 12

-derma

Answer 12

skin

Question 13

-ectasia, -ectasis

Answer 13

stretching, dilating

Question 14

-ectomy

Answer 14

surgical removal

Question 15

-edema

Answer 15

swelling, fluid accumulation

Question 16

-ema, -iasis, -ism, -lepsy, -osis

Answer 16

condition, abnormal condition

Question 17

-emesis

Answer 17

vomiting

Question 18

-emia

Answer 18

blood

Question 19

-esthesia

Answer 19

feeling

Question 20

-gen, -genesis, -genic

Answer 20

producing, production, production of, formation

Question 21

-globin, -globulin

Answer 21

protein

Question 22

-gram

Answer 22

recording

Question 23

-graph

Answer 23

instrument used to record

Question 24

-graphy

Answer 24

process of recording

Question 25

-itis

Answer 25

inflammation

Question 26

-kinesia, -kinesis

Answer 26

movement

Question 27

-logist

Answer 27

one who studies

Question 28

-logy

Answer 28

the study of

Question 29

-lysis, -lytic

Answer 29

destruction

Question 30

-malacia

Answer 30

softening

Question 31

-mania, -manic

Answer 31

abnormal preoccupation or obsession

Question 32

-megaly

Answer 32

enlargement

Question 33

-meter, -metry

Answer 33

measuring device, process of measuring

Question 34

-oid

Answer 34

resembling

Question 35

-oma

Answer 35

tumor

Question 36

-opia

Answer 36

vision

Question 37

-ose

Answer 37

sugar

Question 38

-ostomy

Answer 38

formation of a new opening

Question 39

-para, -parous

Answer 39

bearing, producing child

Question 40

-pathy

Answer 40

disease

Question 41

-penia

Answer 41

deficiency

Question 42

-pepsia

Answer 42

digestion

Question 43

-pexy

Answer 43

surgical fixation

Question 44

-phage, -phagy, -phagia

Answer 44

to eat or digest

Question 45

-phasia

Answer 45

speaking

Question 46

-phil, -philia

Answer 46

to love

Question 47

-phobia

Answer 47

abnormal fear

Question 48

-phonia

Answer 48

sound

Question 49

-phrenia, -phrenic

Answer 49

mind, diaphragm

Question 50

-plasty

Answer 50

surgical repair

Question 51

-plegia, -plegic

Answer 51

paralysis

Question 52

-pnea

Answer 52

breath or breathing

Question 53

-poiesis

Answer 53

formation

Question 54

-ptosis

Answer 54

sagging or dropping

Question 55

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Answer 55

heavy discharge

Question 56

-rrhaphy

Answer 56

suturing

Question 57

-rrhea

Answer 57

discharge, flowing

Question 58

-rrhexis

Answer 58

rupture

Question 59

-scope, -scopy

Answer 59

instrument, the process of using the instrument

Question 60

-somnia

Answer 60

sleep

Question 61

-stasis

Answer 61

stopping

Question 62

-stenosis

Answer 62

narrowing

Question 63

-stomy

Answer 63

opening

Question 64

-tome

Answer 64

instrument used for cutting

Question 65

-tomy

Answer 65

the process of cutting

Question 66

-trophic, -trophy

Answer 66

nutrition

Question 67

-uria

Answer 67

urine

Question 68

-version

Answer 68

turning