Greek Suffixes

Question 1

-biosis

Answer 1

Mode of living, way of life

Symbiosis - the living together of two dissimilar organisms

Question 2

-blast

Answer 2

Formative, embryonic

Mesoblast - the mesoderm

Question 3

-chrome

Answer 3

Color

Mercurochrome - a brand of merbromin

Question 4

-cocci

Answer 4

Round, seed, kernel

Streptococcus - any of several spherical or oval bacteria which are pathogenic for humans

Question 5

-cyst

Answer 5

Pouch, sac

Trichocyst - an organ of offense and defense embedded in certain protozoans

Question 6

-dactyl

Answer 6

Finger

Pentadactyl - having five digits on each hand or foot

Question 7

-derm/-dermis

Answer 7

Skin, layer

Epidermis - the outer layer of the skin

Question 8

-emia

Answer 8

Blood disease

Anemia - a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin

Question 9

-gamous/-gamy

Answer 9

Marriage, sexual fusion

Polygamy - the practice of having more than one spouse

Question 10

-gen/-geny

Answer 10

Origin, production

Progeny - a descendent or offspring
Hydrogen - colorless, odorless, flammable gas

Question 11

-graph

Answer 11

Drawing, writing

Chromatography - a piece of equipment used to produce a chromatogram

Question 12

-hedral/-hedron

Answer 12

Side

Polyhedral - of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron

Question 13

-hydrate

Answer 13

Compound formed with the union of water with other substances

Carbohydrate - any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes

Question 14

-ism

Answer 14

Act, practice, or result of

Terrorism - the use of violence or threats to intimidate or coerce

Question 15

-itis

Answer 15

Inflammation or infection

Appendicitis - inflammation of the appendix

Question 16

-logy

Answer 16

Science or study of

Biology - the science of life or living matter

Question 17

-lysis

Answer 17

Loosening, separation

Photolysis - the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light

Question 18

-mer

Answer 18

A part, piece

Polymer - a compound formed from two or more polymeric compounds

Question 19

-meter

Answer 19

A measurement

Diameter - straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference at each end

Question 20

-morph

Answer 20

Form

Endomorph - a mineral enclosed within another mineral

Question 21

-nomy

Answer 21

Systematized knowledge of

Astronomy - the science that deals with the material universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere

Question 22

-oma

Answer 22

Tumorous

Carcinoma - malignant tumor, cancer

Question 23

-osis/-otic

Answer 23

Abnormal condition, disease

Neurosis - a relatively mild personality disorder typified by excessive anxiety

Question 24

-phase

Answer 24

A stage or condition

Metaphase - a stage of mitosis or meiosis

Question 25

-phil/-phile

Answer 25

Fondness Hydrophile - fondness for water

Question 26

-phyll

Answer 26

Leaf Chlorophyll - the green coloring matter of leaves and plants

Question 27

-phyta/-phyte

Answer 27

Plant Epiphyte - a plant that grows above the ground

Question 28

-plasm

Answer 28

Formative substance Cytoplasm - the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus

Question 29

-pod/-poda

Answer 29

Foot Arthropod - any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda

Question 30

-some

Answer 30

Body Chromosome - any of several threadlike bodies that carry genes in linear order

Question 31

-stasis

Answer 31

A stationary position Homeostasis - the tendency of a system to maintain internal stability

Question 32

-stat/-static

Answer 32

Stationary, still Hemostat - an instrument or agent used to treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage

Question 33

-stomy

Answer 33

Opening into Colostomy - the construction of an opening from the colon through the abdominal wall

Question 34

-therm

Answer 34

Heat Homeotherm - an organism, such as a mammal or bird, having a body temperature that is constant and largely independent of the temperature of its surrounding

Question 35

-thes/-thesis

Answer 35

Arrangement, in order Hypothesis - a proposition assumed as a premise or argument

Question 36

-tom/-tomy

Answer 36

Dividing, surgery Lobotomy - the operation of cutting into a lobe, as of the brain or the lung

Question 37

-trope/-tropic

Answer 37

Turning Phototropic - growing toward or away from the light

Question 38

-zoa/-zoan/-zoic

Answer 38

Animal, life Protozoa - a major grouping of the kingdom Protista, comprising the protozoans