M4 compound suffix

Question 1

-ectasia, -ectasis

Answer 1

Dilation, enlargement

Question 2

-ectomy

Answer 2

Surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ.

Question 3

gen

Answer 3

Substance that produces (something)

Question 4

genesis

Answer 4

Formation, origin

Question 5

genic

Answer 5

Causing, producing, caused

Question 6

genous

Answer 6

By, produced by or in

Question 7

gram

Answer 7

A record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

Question 8

graph

Answer 8

An instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Question 9

graphy

Answer 9

The recording of the activity of an organ (usually w/ x-ray)

A descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Question 10

lysis

Answer 10

Dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Question 11

lytic

Answer 11

Pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)

Question 12

pathy

Answer 12

Disease

Question 13

ptosis

Answer 13

Dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

Question 14

rrhagia

Answer 14

Profuse, discharge, hemorrhage

Question 15

rrhea

Answer 15

Profuse, discharge, excessive secretion

Question 16

rrhexis

Answer 16

Bursting (of tissues), rupture

Question 17

scope

Answer 17

An instrument for examining

Question 18

scopy

Answer 18

Examination

Question 19

tome

Answer 19

A surgical instrument for cutting

Question 20

tomy

Answer 20

Surgical incision