Chapter 6: Suffixes

Question 0

-ar

Answer 0

Pertaining to

Question 1

-al

Answer 1

Pertaining to

Question 2

-ic

Answer 2

Pertaining to

Question 3

-ase

Answer 3

Enzyme

Question 4

-centesis

Answer 4

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 5

-chezia

Answer 5

Defecation

Question 6

-drome

Answer 6

To run

Question 7

-ectasis

Answer 7

Stretching

Question 8

-ectasia

Answer 8

Stretching

Question 9

-ectomy

Answer 9

Removal

Question 10

-emesis

Answer 10

Vomiting

Question 11

-emia

Answer 11

Blood condition

Question 12

-ia

Answer 12

Condition

Question 13

-iasis

Answer 13

Abnormal condition

Question 14

-itis

Answer 14

Inflammation

Question 15

-logy

Answer 15

Study of

Question 16

-lysis

Answer 16

Breakdown

Question 17

-megaly

Answer 17

Enlargement

Question 18

-oma

Answer 18

Tumor or mass

Question 19

-opsy

Answer 19

To view

Question 20

-pepsia

Answer 20

Digestion

Question 21

-pexy

Answer 21

Surgical fixation

Question 22

-phagia

Answer 22

Eating or swallowing

Question 23

-plasty

Answer 23

Surgical repair

Question 24

-prandial

Answer 24

Meal

Question 25

-ptysis

Answer 25

Spitting

Question 26

-rrhaphy

Answer 26

Suture

Question 27

-rrhea

Answer 27

Flow or discharge

Question 28

-scope

Answer 28

Instrument for visual examination

Question 29

-scopy

Answer 29

Visual examination

Question 30

-spasm

Answer 30

Sudden involuntary contraction of

Question 31

-stalsis

Answer 31

Contraction

Question 32

-stasis

Answer 32

Stopping or controlling

Question 33

-stenosis

Answer 33

Tightening

Question 34

-stomy

Answer 34

New opening to the outside of the body

If attached to more than 1 combining from it means surgically connect (anastomosis)

Question 35

-tomy

Answer 35

Process of cutting

Question 36

-tresia

Answer 36

Opening

Question 37

-atresia

Answer 37

Closure

Question 38

-tripsy

Answer 38

To crush