Conditional and Structural Suffixes Ch 1

Question 1

-algia and dynia (ahl-je’-ah and dihn-e’-ah)

Answer 1

pain, as in arthragia and arthrodynia (joint pain)

Question 2

-ia (e’-ah)

Answer 2

state or condition, as in hyperglycemia (condition of elevated amounts of blood glucose)

Question 3

-ion (shuhn)

Answer 3

action, process, state, or condition, as in infarction (condition of blood flow obstruction)

Question 4

-itis

Answer 4

inflammation, as in hepatitis (inflammation of the liver)

Question 5

-ive

Answer 5

performs or tends towards, as in congestive (tends toward accumulation of fluid)

Question 6

-malacia

Answer 6

abnormal softening, as in osteomalacia (abnormal softening of the bone)

Question 7

-megaly

Answer 7

enlargement, as in cardiomegaly (enlargement of the heart)

Question 8

-osis

Answer 8

abnormal condition, as in cardiosis (an abnormal condition of the heart)

Question 9

-pathy

Answer 9

disease, as in enteropathy (a disease of the small intestine)

Question 10

-sclerosis

Answer 10

abnormal hardening, as in arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)

Question 11

-um

Answer 11

structure, as in pericardium (the structure surrounding the heart)

Question 12

-us

Answer 12

thing, as in tarus (the joint “thing” between the tibia and fibula and metatarsal bones