Suffix

Question 1

-algia

Answer 1

pertaining to pain

Question 2

-asthen(o)

Answer 2

weakness

Question 3

-blast

Answer 3

immature cell

Question 4

-cell

Answer 4

pertaining to a tumor or swelling

Question 5

-centesis

Answer 5

pertaining to a procedure in which an organ or body cavity is punctured, often to drain excess fluid or obtain a sample for analysis

Question 6

-cyte

Answer 6

cell

Question 7

-ectomy

Answer 7

surgical removal of

Question 8

-emia

Answer 8

pertaining to the presence of a substance in the blood

Question 9

-genic

Answer 9

causing

Question 10

-gram

Answer 10

record

Question 11

-graph

Answer 11

a record or the instrument used to create the record

Question 12

-itis

Answer 12

inflammation

Question 13

-lysis

Answer 13

decline, disintegration, or destruction

Question 14

-megaly

Answer 14

enlargement of

Question 15

-ology

Answer 15

science of

Question 16

-oma

Answer 16

tumor

Question 17

-osis

Answer 17

pertaining to a disease process

Question 18

-ostomy

Answer 18

surgical creation of an opening, or hole

Question 19

-otomy

Answer 19

surgical incision

Question 20

-patchy

Answer 20

disease or a system for treating disease

Question 21

-phagia

Answer 21

pertaining to eating or swallowing

Question 22

-phasia

Answer 22

pertaining to speech

Question 23

-phobia

Answer 23

pertaining to an irrational fear

Question 24

-plasty

Answer 24

plastic surgery

Question 25

-plegia

Answer 25

paralysis

Question 26

-pnea

Answer 26

pertaining to breathing

Question 27

-ptosis

Answer 27

drooping

Question 28

-rrhage

Answer 28

abnormal or excessive flow or discharge

Question 29

-rrhagia

Answer 29

abnormal or excessive flow or discharge

Question 30

-rrhaphy

Answer 30

suture of; repair of

Question 31

-rrhea

Answer 31

flow or discharge

Question 32

-scope

Answer 32

instrument for examination

Question 33

-scopy

Answer 33

examination with an instrument

Question 34

-sis

Answer 34

a process, action, or condition

Question 35

-taxis

Answer 35

order, arrangement of

Question 36

-tropic

Answer 36

pertaining to nutrition

Question 37

-uria

Answer 37

pertaining to a substance in the urine or the condition so indicated