Medical Suffixes

Question 1

cyte

Answer 1

cell

eurythrocyte - red blood cell

Question 2

cytosis

Answer 2

pertains to cells and functions

phagocytosis - cell swallows up (phago) a particle like a microorganism

Question 3

esis

Answer 3

condition, disease process or symptom

enuresis - urinary incompetence

Question 4

ion

Answer 4

action

circumduction - circular motion of an extremity

Question 5

spasm

Answer 5

involuntary muscular contraction

bronchospasm - paroxysms of the smooth muscles which cause the bronchi to constrict

Question 6

stasis

Answer 6

ceasing, remaining at a constant level

cholestasis - blockage of bile flow from the liver to the small intestines

Question 7

stenosis

Answer 7

constricting or narrowing of an anatomical passage

aortastenosis - artery narrows

Question 8

tion

Answer 8

either a process or a state

digestion - breaking down food

Question 9

toxic

Answer 9

poisonous to

hematoxic - something poisonous to the blood

Question 10

uria

Answer 10

state of the urine, usually abnormal

hematuria - presence of blood in the urine

Question 11

Y

Answer 11

state or condition

dactyly - arrangement of fingers and toes