Common Suffixes

Question 1

-pathy

Answer 1

disease

Question 2

-phag

Answer 2

to eat

Question 3

-penia

Answer 3

lack of or deficiency

Question 4

-sclerosis

Answer 4

abnormal hardening

Question 5

-oma

Answer 5

tumor, mass

Question 6

-itis

Answer 6

inflammation

Question 7

-algia

Answer 7

pain

Question 8

-lysis

Answer 8

to break down

Question 9

-rrhea-

Answer 9

to flow

Question 10

-scope

Answer 10

instrument used to view

Question 11

-ist

Answer 11

specialist

Question 12

-pexy

Answer 12

to suture to

Question 13

-pnea

Answer 13

breathing

Question 14

-rrhage-

Answer 14

to burst

Question 15

-cyte

Answer 15

cell

Question 16

-logy

Answer 16

the study of

Question 17

-ectomy

Answer 17

surgical removal of

Question 18

-therapy

Answer 18

treatment

Question 19

-plasty

Answer 19

to surgically repair

Question 20

-osis

Answer 20

condition

Question 21

-megaly

Answer 21

enlargement of

Question 22

-stomy

Answer 22

to create a new surgical opening

Question 23

-centesis

Answer 23

surgical puncture into

Question 24

-plasia

Answer 24

to grow or change

Question 25

-emesis

Answer 25

to vomit

Question 26

-malacia

Answer 26

abnormal softening

Question 27

-scopy

Answer 27

the act of using an instrument for viewing

Question 28

-opsy

Answer 28

to view or see

Question 29

-tomy

Answer 29

to cut into surgically; to make an incision

Question 30

-emia

Answer 30

blood

Question 31

-gram

Answer 31

a record of

Question 32

-graph

Answer 32

to record with an instrument

Question 33

-graphy

Answer 33

the act of recording using an instrument

Question 34

-ia

Answer 34

condition