Chapters 1-3 Suffixes

Question 1

Wasting away

Answer 1

-phthisis

Question 2

Of the mind

Answer 2

-phrenia

Question 3

Attraction, affinity for

Answer 3

-philia

Question 4

Deficiency, small, fewer

Answer 4

-penia

Question 5

Abnormal condition / disease process

Answer 5

-pathy

Question 6

Slight paralysis, feeling of numbness and tingling

Answer 6

-paresis

Question 7

Condition, state, process

Answer 7

-osis

Question 8

Vision

Answer 8

-opia , -opsia

Question 9

Tumor, neoplasm

Answer 9

-oma

Question 10

Enlargement

Answer 10

-megaly

Question 11

Obsession, madness

Answer 11

-mania

Question 12

Presence of stones

Answer 12

-lithiasis

Question 13

Pertaining to seizures

Answer 13

-leptic

Question 14

Seizures

Answer 14

-lepsy

Question 15

Inflammation

Answer 15

-itis

Question 16

Condition/disease

Answer 16

-ism

Question 17

Pathological condition or state / presence of

Answer 17

-iasis

Question 18

Vomiting

Answer 18

-emesis

Question 19

Condition

Answer 19

-ema

Question 20

Swelling

Answer 20

-edema

Question 21

Expansion , dilation

Answer 21

-ectasia , -ectasis

Question 22

Condition of cells

Answer 22

-cytosis

Question 23

Hernia

Answer 23

-cele

Question 24

Feeling , carrying

Answer 24

-phoria

Question 25

Sound

Answer 25

-phonia

Question 26

Fear

Answer 26

-phobia

Question 27

Movement

Answer 27

-kinesia , -kinesis

Question 28

Sensation

Answer 28

-esthesia

Question 29

Pain

Answer 29

-dynia

Question 30

Binding , fusion

Answer 30

-desis

Question 31

Weakness

Answer 31

-asthenia

Question 32

Pain

Answer 32

-algia

Question 33

Pertaining to paralysis

Answer 33

-plegic

Question 34

Protection , prevention

Answer 34

-phylaxis

Question 35

Like, resembling

Answer 35

-oid

Question 36

Study , practice

Answer 36

-logy

Question 37

One who studies

Answer 37

-logist

Question 38

Treatment, practice, body of knowledge

Answer 38

-ics

Question 39

Pertaining to

Answer 39

-ic

Question 40

In the shape of

Answer 40

-form

Question 41

Break / fracture

Answer 41

-clast , -clasis

Question 42

Toward

Answer 42

-ad

Question 43

Use of an instrument for viewing

Answer 43

-scopy

Question 44

Instrument for visual examination

Answer 44

-scope

Question 45

Attraction / affinity for

Answer 45

-phil

Question 46

Removal

Answer 46

-pheresis

Question 47

View of

Answer 47

-opsy

Question 48

Measurement

Answer 48

-metry

Question 49

Measuring device

Answer 49

-meter

Question 50

Process of recording

Answer 50

-graphy

Question 51

Recording instrument

Answer 51

-graph

Question 52

A recording

Answer 52

-gram

Question 53

Produced by

Answer 53

-genic

Question 54

Origin

Answer 54

-genesis

Question 55

Producer

Answer 55

-gen

Question 56

Separate

Answer 56

-crit

Question 57

Crushing

Answer 57

-tripsy

Question 58

Cutting operation / incision

Answer 58

-tomy

Question 59

Cutting instrument / segment

Answer 59

-tome

Question 60

Opening

Answer 60

-stomy

Question 61

Maintaining a state

Answer 61

-static , -stasis

Question 62

Surgical suturing

Answer 62

-rrhaphy

Question 63

Surgical repair

Answer 63

-plasty

Question 64

Fixation, usually done surgically

Answer 64

-pexy

Question 65

Pertaining to destruction

Answer 65

-lytic

Question 66

Destruction of

Answer 66

-lysis

Question 67

Removal of part or all of an organ/body part

Answer 67

-ectomy

Question 68

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

Answer 68

-centesis

Question 69

Urine

Answer 69

-uria

Question 70

Thing formed, growth

Answer 70

-plasm , -plasia

Question 71

Plaque

Answer 71

-plakia

Question 72

Oxygen

Answer 72

-oxia

Question 73

Protein

Answer 73

-glonbin , -globulin

Question 74

Relating to blood

Answer 74

-emic

Question 75

Blood

Answer 75

-emia

Question 76

Skin

Answer 76

-derma

Question 77

Cell

Answer 77

-cyte

Question 78

Narrowing

Answer 78

-stenosis

Question 79

Stopping, constant, static

Answer 79

-stasis

Question 80

Contraction

Answer 80

-stalsis

Question 81

Contraction

Answer 81

-spasm

Question 82

Sleep

Answer 82

-somnia

Question 83

Splitting

Answer 83

-schisis

Question 84

A flowing, a flux

Answer 84

-rrhea

Question 85

Discharging heavily

Answer 85

-rrhage

Question 86

Lessening in density

Answer 86

-porosis

Question 87

Substance that produces

Answer 87

-poietin

Question 88

Pertaining to production

Answer 88

-poietic

Question 89

Production, formation

Answer 89

-poiesis

Question 90

Breath

Answer 90

-pnea

Question 91

Forming

Answer 91

-plastic

Question 92

Formation, development, growth

Answer 92

-plasia

Question 93

Carrying

Answer 93

-phoresis

Question 94

Speaking

Answer 94

-phasia

Question 95

Eating, devouring

Answer 95

-phage , -phagia

Question 96

Digestion

Answer 96

-pepsia

Question 97

Bearing , producing offspring
*about the births(past)

Answer 97

-parous

Question 98

Bearing , giving birth
*directly related to giving birth (present)

Answer 98

-para

Question 99

Softening

Answer 99

-malacia

Question 100

Secreting

Answer 100

-crine

Question 101

Destroying , killing

Answer 101

-cidal , -cide

Question 102

Immature / forming

Answer 102

-blast

Question 103

Nutrition

Answer 103

-trophy

Question 104

Pertaining to nutrition

Answer 104

-trophic

Question 105

Rupture

Answer 105

-rrhexis

Question 106

Excessive bleeding

Answer 106

-rrhagia

Question 107

To flow or discharge

Answer 107

-rrhea

Question 108

Falling down , drooping

Answer 108

-ptosis

Question 109

Pertaining to paralysis

Answer 109

-plegic

Question 110

Paralysis

Answer 110

-plegia

Question 111

Growing

Answer 111

-physis