Common Suffixes

Question 1

What does the suffix ‘al’ mean?

Answer 1

pertaining to

Question 2

What does the suffix ‘algesia’ mean?

Answer 2

pain

Question 3

What does the suffix ‘centesis’ mean?

Answer 3

surgical puncture

Question 4

What does the suffix ‘crine’ mean?

Answer 4

to secrete

Question 5

What does the suffix ‘dipsia’ mean?

Answer 5

thirst

Question 6

What does the suffix ‘dynia’ mean?

Answer 6

pain

Question 7

What does the suffix ‘ectomy’ mean?

Answer 7

removal of

Question 8

What does the suffix ‘emesis’ mean?

Answer 8

vomit

Question 9

What does the suffix ‘emia’ mean?

Answer 9

blood condition

Question 10

What does the suffix ‘esthesia’ mean?

Answer 10

feeling or sensation

Question 11

What does the suffix ‘gram’ mean?

Answer 11

a writing or record

Question 12

What does the suffix ‘graph’ mean?

Answer 12

instrument used for recording

Question 13

What does the suffix ‘graphy’ mean?

Answer 13

process of recording

Question 14

What does the suffix ‘ism’ mean?

Answer 14

condition or state of being

Question 15

What does the suffix ‘ist’ mean?

Answer 15

one who specializes

Question 16

What does the suffix ‘itis’ mean?

Answer 16

inflammation

Question 17

What does the suffix ‘lysis’ mean?

Answer 17

breakdown or destroy

Question 18

What does the suffix ‘megaly’ mean?

Answer 18

enlargement

Question 19

What does the suffix ‘meter’ mean?

Answer 19

instrument for measuring

Question 20

What does the suffix ‘metry’ mean?

Answer 20

act of measuring

Question 21

What does the suffix ‘oid’ mean?

Answer 21

resemble

Question 22

What does the suffix ‘ology’ mean?

Answer 22

the study of

Question 23

What does the suffix ‘oma’ mean?

Answer 23

tumor

Question 24

What does the suffix ‘opia’ mean?

Answer 24

vision

Question 25

What does the suffix 'osis' mean?

Answer 25

abnormal condition of

Question 26

What does the suffix 'pathy' mean?

Answer 26

disease

Question 27

What does the suffix 'penia' mean?

Answer 27

lack of

Question 28

What does the suffix 'phagia' mean?

Answer 28

eating or swallowing

Question 29

What does the suffix 'phasia' mean?

Answer 29

speech

Question 30

What does the suffix 'phobia' mean?

Answer 30

fear

Question 31

What does the suffix 'phonia' mean?

Answer 31

voice

Question 32

What does the suffix 'plast' mean?

Answer 32

surgical repair or formation

Question 33

What does the suffix 'plegia' mean?

Answer 33

paralysis

Question 34

What does the suffix 'scope' mean?

Answer 34

instrument to view or examine

Question 35

What does the suffix 'scopy' mean?

Answer 35

visual examination

Question 36

What does the suffix 'spasm' mean?

Answer 36

involuntary contraction

Question 37

What does the suffix 'stasis' mean?

Answer 37

control or stop

Question 38

What does the suffix 'stenosis' mean?

Answer 38

constriction or narrowing

Question 39

What does the suffix 'therapy' mean?

Answer 39

treatment

Question 40

What does the suffix 'tomy' mean?

Answer 40

incision or cut into

Question 41

What does the suffix 'toxic' mean?

Answer 41

poison

Question 42

What does the suffix 'trophy' mean?

Answer 42

development

Question 43

What does the suffix 'tension' mean?

Answer 43

pressure

Question 44

What does the suffix 'uria' mean?

Answer 44

urine