Greek Suffixes 3 (Bases)

Question 1

all-
(allergy, allogamy)

Answer 1

other, different

Question 2

allel-
(allelomoprh, parallel)

Answer 2

other, each other

Question 3

bacter-
(bacteriolysis, bacteriophage)

Answer 3

rod

Question 4

cry-
(cryalgesia, cryogenic)

Answer 4

cold

Question 5

diet-, diete-
(dietetics, dietician)

Answer 5

to regulate

Question 6

esthe-, aesthe-
(allesthesia, cryesthesia)

Answer 6

to feel, to perceive

Question 7

gangli-
(ganglion, ganglionic)

Answer 7

knot, mass of tissue

Question 8

gyr-
(gyration, gyrus)

Answer 8

ring, circle

Question 9

iatr-
(iatrogenic, pediatrician)

Answer 9

doctor, treatment

Question 10

iod-
(iodine, iodism)

Answer 10

violet colored

Question 11

irid-
(iridodiastasis, iridoplegia)

Answer 11

iris, rainbow

Question 12

lip-
(lipocyte, lipometabolic)

Answer 12

fat, fatty tissue

Question 13

log-
(iridologist, gerontology)

Answer 13

word, speech, study

Question 14

men-
(menarche, menopause)

Answer 14

moon, menstruation

Question 15

mening-
(meningeal, meningitis)

Answer 15

membrane

Question 16

oph-
(Ophidia, ophidic)

Answer 16

snake

Question 17

orth-
(orthodontist, orthopnea)

Answer 17

straight, correct

Question 18

pharmac-
(pharmacologist, pharmacopsychosis)

Answer 18

drug

Question 19

psych-
(psyche, psychologist)

Answer 19

mind, soul

Question 20

pyg-
(pygalgia, pygidium)

Answer 20

buttock

Question 21

rhabd-
(rhabdoid, rhabdosphincter)

Answer 21

rod

Question 22

sphinc-
(sphincter, transsphicteric)

Answer 22

to bind, to tighten

Question 23

spor-
(isosporous, sporophore)

Answer 23

seed, spore

Question 24

stig-, stigmat-
(astigmatism, stigma)

Answer 24

point, prick

Question 25

techn-
(technician, zootechnics)

Answer 25

art, skill

Question 26

ur-, ure-
(lipiduria, ureter)

Answer 26

urine