Greek Compound Suffixes

Question 1

-aemia, (-emia)

Answer 1

‘condition of the blood’, ‘congestion of blood’

anaemia

Question 2

-ology

Answer 2

science of

Question 3

-lysis

Answer 3

dissolution of/by (surgical division)

hydrolysis

Question 4

-mania

Answer 4

madness for of about

kleptomania

Question 5

-pathy

Answer 5

disease of, treatment of disease of/by

neuropathy

Question 6

-phobia

Answer 6

abnormal fear of

Question 7

-therapy

Answer 7

treatment of/by

Question 8

-tomy

Answer 8

surgical operation on/cutting of

Question 9

-ectomy

Answer 9

surgical operation/removal of

tonsillectomy

Question 10

-uria

Answer 10

condition of the urine

Question 11

• genous, -genic

Answer 11

producing, produced

photogenic

Question 12

-hedron

Answer 12

solid figure having a (specified) number of faces

icosohedron

Question 13

-iasis

Answer 13

diseased condition (parasite infestation)

psoriasis

Question 14

-meter

Answer 14

instrument of measurement

optometry

Question 15

-nomy

Answer 15

science of, system of laws governing

astronomy

Question 16

-oecious

Answer 16

having a house or dwelling

monoecious (having both male/female sex organs)

Question 17

-philous, -philic

Answer 17

loving, thriving in

necrophilic

Question 18

-plasty

Answer 18

formation, plastic surgery]

rhinoplasty

Question 19

-rrhoea

Answer 19

flux, abnormal flow of

diarrhoea

Question 20

-stomy

Answer 20

making a surgical opening

gastrostomy