Module 7 Terminations

Question 1

-atresia

Answer 1

absence of the opening (to a bodily structure)

Question 2

-blast

Answer 2

embryonic cell (from which an organ or another structure develops)

Question 3

-cide

Answer 3

act of killing; destruction; agent used to kill (or destroy)

[usually preceded by the connecting vowel i]

Question 4

-cleisis

Answer 4

closure; blockage

Question 5

-cyesis

Answer 5

pregnancy

Question 6

-genesis

Answer 6

formation; development; growth

Question 7

-genic

Answer 7

forming; developing; producing; produced by; pertaining to the formation/ development/ production of

Question 8

-gravida

Answer 8

woman who is (or has been) pregnant for (nth time)

[numerical root which immediately precedes this termination indicates the number of pregnancies experienced; connecting vowel preceding -gravida is always “i”]

Question 9

-para

Answer 9

woman who has given brith (n times)

[numerical root which immediately precedes this termination indicates the number of births; connecting vowel preceding -para is always “i”]

Question 10

-pexy

Answer 10

surgical attachment [often of one organ or tissue to another]

Question 11

-pexis

Answer 11

surgical attachment [often of one organ or tissue to another]

Question 12

-strophe

Answer 12

a turning; a twisting

Question 13

-poiesis

Answer 13

formation; development; production; act of shaping

Question 14

-poietic

Answer 14

forming; developing; producing; shaping; pertaining to the formation/ development/ production/ shaping of