Prefixes and Suffixes

Question 1

-al

Answer 1

pertaining to

Question 2

-algia

Answer 2

condition of pain

Question 3

-cyte

Answer 3

cell

Question 4

-ectomy

Answer 4

cutting out, removal, excision

Question 5

-emia

Answer 5

blood condition

Question 6

-globin

Answer 6

protein

Question 7

-gram

Answer 7

record

Question 8

-ia

Answer 8

condition

Question 9

-ic

Answer 9

pertaining to

Question 10

-ism

Answer 10

condition, process

Question 11

-itis

Answer 11

inflammation

Question 12

-logist

Answer 12

specialist in the study of

Question 13

-logy

Answer 13

study of

Question 14

-oma

Answer 14

tumor, mass

Question 15

-opsy

Answer 15

to view

Question 16

-osis

Answer 16

abnormal condition

Question 17

-scope

Answer 17

instrument to visually examine

Question 18

-scopy

Answer 18

process of visual examination

Question 19

-sis

Answer 19

state of

Question 20

-tomy

Answer 20

process of cutting into, incision

Question 21

a-, an-

Answer 21

no, not

Question 22

aut-

Answer 22

self

Question 23

dia-

Answer 23

complete, through

Question 24

dys-

Answer 24

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

Question 25

endo-

Answer 25

within

Question 26

epi-

Answer 26

above, upon, on

Question 27

exo-

Answer 27

outside

Question 28

hyper-

Answer 28

excessive, more than normal, too much

Question 29

hypo-

Answer 29

below, less than normal, under

Question 30

pan-

Answer 30

all

Question 31

peri-

Answer 31

surrounding

Question 32

pro-

Answer 32

before, forward

Question 33

re-

Answer 33

back

Question 34

retro-

Answer 34

behind

Question 35

sub-

Answer 35

below, under

Question 36

trans-

Answer 36

across, through