Greek Suffixes 1 (Bases)

Question 1

aden-
(adenalgia, adenoid)

Answer 1

gland

Question 2

aer-
(aerate, aeronomic)

Answer 2

air, gas

Question 3

agon-
(agonist, antagonize)

Answer 3

to compete, to strive

Question 4

andr-
(androgynous, android)

Answer 4

man, male

Question 5

anthrop-
(anthropoid, anthropomorphic)

Answer 5

human being

Question 6

asthm-, asthmat-
(asthmatic, asthmogenic)

Answer 6

short breath, panting

Question 7

aster-, astr-
(asteroid, astronomy)

Answer 7

star

Question 8

botan-
(botanical, botany)

Answer 8

herb, plant

Question 9

carp-
(carpal, carpopedal)

Answer 9

wrist

Question 10

cau-, caus-, cauter-
(caustic, cauterize)

Answer 10

to burn

Question 11

cleid-
(cleidocranial, cleidomastoid)

Answer 11

clavicle

Question 12

cyst-
(cystic, megacystic)

Answer 12

bladder, sac

Question 13

ge-
(geode, geography)

Answer 13

earth

Question 14

ger-, geront-
(geriatric, gerontology)

Answer 14

old person, old age

Question 15

gyn-, gyne-, gynec-
(androgynous, gynecology)

Answer 15

woman, female

Question 16

kine-
(kinetic, photokinesis)

Answer 16

to move

Question 17

lep-
(epileptic, narcolepsy)

Answer 17

to seize

Question 18

mast-
(mastectomy, mastoid)

Answer 18

breast

Question 19

nause-
(nausea, nauseate)

Answer 19

sea sickness

Question 20

ped-
(orthopedic, perdiatrician)

Answer 20

child, instruction

Question 21

rhe-, -rrhea
(leukorrhea, rheography)

Answer 21

to flow

Question 22

rheum-, rheumat-
(rheumatic, rheumatoid)

Answer 22

flowing, discharge

Question 23

som-, somat-
(lysosome, somatic)

Answer 23

body

Question 24

spir-
(spiral, spirochete)

Answer 24

coil

Question 25

sthen-
(asthenic, calisthenics)

Answer 25

strength

Question 26

thorac-
(thoracic, thoracostenosis)

Answer 26

chest

Question 27

typh-
(typhoid, typhus)

Answer 27

stupor

Question 28

zo-
(entozoal, protozoan)

Answer 28

animal