Lesson 2- Suffixes

Question 0

Forms name of enzymes

Answer 0

-ase

Question 1

A Latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, located in

Answer 1

-al

Question 2

Form abstract nouns: state, condition

Answer 2

• asia
• asis
• ema (-emat combining form)

Question 3

Forms abstract nouns: state, condition, procedure

Answer 3

-esis

Question 4

Forms adjectives, often from nouns ending in -esis: pertaining to

Answer 4

-etic

Question 5

Form nouns indicating a particular science or study: science or study of

Answer 5

• ics

- tics

Question 6

Forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality

Answer 6

-ism

Question 7

Forms abstract nouns: state, condition, muscular spasm

Answer 7

-ismus

Question 8

Form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling

Answer 8

• oid
• ode
• id

Question 9

Forms abstract nouns: usually tumor; occasionally disease

Answer 9

-oma (combining -omat, plural -omata)

Question 10

A Latin-derived adjectival suffix; also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling

Answer 10

-ose

Question 11

Latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, characterized by, full of

Answer 11

-ous

Question 12

Latin noun-forming ending: condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)

Answer 12

-us

Question 13

A commonly used Greek-derived suffix that means “to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in”

Answer 13

-ize