Greek Suffixes

Question 1

Lesson 4: Greek Adjective-Forming Suffixes

-al

Answer 1

pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (e.g. diagonal)

Question 2

Lesson 4: Greek Adjective-Forming Suffixes

-an (-ian)

Answer 2

pertaining to, like, one connected with (e.g. protozoan)

Question 3

Lesson 4: Greek Adjective-Forming Suffixes

-ous (-ious)

Answer 3

full of, pertaining to, like (e.g. synonymous)

Question 4

Lesson 4: Greek Adjective-Forming Suffixes

-ic, -tic (-ac after i)

Answer 4

pertaining to, like (e.g. epidemic)

Question 5

Lesson 4: Greek Adjective-Forming Suffixes

-ics, -tics

Answer 5

“art, science, or study of” (e.g. genetics)

Question 6

Lesson 4: Greek Adjective-Forming Suffixes

-oid, -ode

Answer 6

like, having the shape of (e.g. spheroid)

Question 7

Lesson 5: Greek Compound Suffixes I

-emia (-hemia)

Answer 7

condition of the blood, congestion of the blood (e.g. leukemia)

Question 8

Lesson 5: Greek Compound Suffixes I

-logy

Answer 8

science of, systematic study of (e.g. psychology)

Question 9

Lesson 5: Greek Compound Suffixes I

-lysis

Answer 9

dissolution of or by (surgical division or separation) (e.g. electrolysis)

Question 10

Lesson 5: Greek Compound Suffixes I

-mania

Answer 10

madness for or about (e.g. egomania

Question 11

Lesson 5: Greek Compound Suffixes I

-pathy

Answer 11

disease of, treatment of disease of or by (e.g. neropathy)

Question 12

Lesson 5: Greek Compound Suffixes I

-phobia

Answer 12

abnormal fear of (e.g. agoraphobia)

Question 13

Lesson 5: Greek Compound Suffixes I

-therapy

Answer 13

treatment of or by (e.g. chemotherapy)

Question 14

Lesson 5: Greek Compound Suffixes I

-tomy

Answer 14

surgical operation on, surgical cutting of (e.g. glossotomy)

Question 15

Lesson 5: Greek Compound Suffixes I

-ectomy

Answer 15

surgical removal of (e.g. appendectomy)

Question 16

Lesson 5: Greek Compound Suffixes I

-uria

Answer 16

condition of the urine (e.g. hematuria)

Question 17

Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

-genous, -genic

Answer 17

producing, produced (e.g. photogenic)

Question 18

Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

-hedron

Answer 18

solid figure having a (specified) number of faces (e.g. icosohedron)

Question 19

Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

-iasis

Answer 19

disease condition; often refers to an infection by parasites (e.g. psoriasis)

Question 20

Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

-meter

Answer 20

instrument for measuring, measure (e.g. thermometer)

Question 21

Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

-metry

Answer 21

art or science of measuring (optometry)

Question 22

Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

-nomy

Answer 22

science of, systems of law governing (e.g. astronomy)

Question 23

Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

-oecious

Answer 23

having a house or dwelling (e.g. monoecious)

Question 24

Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

-philous, -philic

Answer 24

loving, thriving in, pollinated by the agency of (e.g. necrophilic, anemophilous)

Question 25

Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

-plasty

Answer 25

formation, plastic surgical operation (e.g. anaplasty)

Question 26

Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

-rrhea

Answer 26

abnormal flow or discharge of (e.g. diarrhea)

Question 27

Lesson 6: Greek Compound Suffixes II

-stomy

Answer 27

the making of a surgical opening (e.g. gastrostomy)

Question 28

Lesson 7: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes I

-ter

Answer 28

means of, place for (e.g. ureter)

Question 29

Lesson 7: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes I

-ist, -ast

Answer 29

one who (e.g. antagonist)

Question 30

Lesson 7: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes I

-te, -t

Answer 30

one who, that which (-tes) (e.g. athlete)

Question 31

Lesson 7: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes I

-ician

Answer 31

specialist in, practitioner of (e.g. dietician)

Question 32

Lesson 8: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes II

-ia, -y

Answer 32

state of, condition of, quality of (e.g. hysteria, philosophy)

Question 33

Lesson 8: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes II

-ism, -ismus

Answer 33

condition of (belief in) (e.g. alcoholism)

Question 34

Lesson 8: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes II

-sis, -sia, -sy, -se

Answer 34

act of, process of

(sometimes ‘result of the act of’)

(e.g. synthesis, amnesia, ecstasy, dose)

[NOTE: the adjectival form of this suffix is: -tic, -stic = pertaining to the act or process of)

Question 35

Lesson 8: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes II

-ma, -m, -me

Answer 35

result of the act of (e.g. stigma)

Question 36

Lesson 9: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes III

-oma

Answer 36

usually ‘tumour arising in or composed of’

occasionally ‘swelling containing’

rarely ‘diseased condition’ ‘result of’

(related to -ma in Lesson 8) (e.g. carcinoma)

Question 37

Lesson 9: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes III

-osis

Answer 37

diseased condition of, act of, process of (related to -sis in Lesson 8) (e.g. osmosis)

Question 38

Lesson 9: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes III

-itis

Answer 38

inflammation of, inflammatory disease of (e.g. appendicitis)

Question 39

Lesson 9: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes III

-in, ine-

Answer 39

chemical substance (e.g. insulin)

Question 40

Lesson 9: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes III

-ium

Answer 40

part, lining or enveloping tissue, region (e.g. epigastrium)

Question 41

Lesson 10: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes IV

-us

Answer 41

individual, person (e.g. hydrocephalus)

Question 42

Lesson 10: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes IV

-idae, -ida, -id

Answer 42

descended from, related to (e.g. arachnid)

Question 43

Lesson 11: Greek Diminutive Suffixes

-ium, ion

Answer 43

little (often difficult to distinguish from -ium presented in lesoon 9) (e.g. bacterium)

Question 44

Lesson 11: Greek Diminutive Suffixes

-idium, idion-

Answer 44

little (e.g. conidium)

Question 45

Lesson 11: Greek Diminutive Suffixes

-arium, -arion

Answer 45

little (e.g. conarium)

Question 46

Lesson 11: Greek Diminutive Suffixes

-isk, -iscus

Answer 46

little (e.g. meniscus)

Question 47

Lesson 12: Greek Verb-Forming Suffixes

-ize

Answer 47

to make, to treat, to do something with (e.g. carbonize)

Question 48

Lesson 12: Greek Verb-Forming Suffixes

-ate

Answer 48

to make, to treat, to do something with (e.g. carbonate)