Common Suffixes

Question 1

-algia

Answer 1

Pertaining to pain

Question 2

-asthen/o

Answer 2

Weakness

Question 3

-blast

Answer 3

Immature cell

Question 4

-cele

Answer 4

Tumor or swelling

Question 5

-centesis

Answer 5

Procedure in which an organ or body cavity is punctured, often to drain excess fluid or obtain a sample for laboratory analysis

Question 6

-cyte

Answer 6

Cell

Question 7

-ectomy

Answer 7

Surgical removal of

Question 8

-emia

Answer 8

Pertaining to the presence of a substance in the blood

Question 9

-genic

Answer 9

Causing

Question 10

-gram

Answer 10

Record (as written documentation or results of a study)

Question 11

-graph

Answer 11

Record or the instrument used to create the record

Question 12

-itis

Answer 12

Inflammation

Question 13

-lysis

Answer 13

Decline, disintegration, or destruction

Question 14

-megaly

Answer 14

Enlargement of

Question 15

-ology

Answer 15

Science of

Question 16

-oma

Answer 16

Tumor

Question 17

-osis

Answer 17

Disease process

Question 18

-ostomy

Answer 18

Surgical creation of an opening, or hole

Question 19

-otomy

Answer 19

Surgical incision

Question 20

-pathy

Answer 20

Pertaining to disease or a system for treating disease

Question 21

-phobia

Answer 21

An irrational fear

Question 22

-plasty

Answer 22

Plastic or reconstructive surgery

Question 23

-plegia

Answer 23

Pertaining to paralysis

Question 24

-pnea

Answer 24

Pertaining to breathing