Suffix Vocab LIst

Question 1

-Ac, -Al, -Ar, - Ary

Answer 1

pertaining to, relating to

Question 2

-acanth/o

Answer 2

thorn, spine

Question 3

-ad

Answer 3

toward, in the direction of

Question 4

-agogue

Answer 4

promoter, stimulator

Question 5

• algia

Answer 5

pain, suffering

Question 6

-arch/e/i

Answer 6

beginning, first, original

Question 7

-ary

Answer 7

pertaining to

Question 8

-ase

Answer 8

an enzyme

Question 9

-capnia

Answer 9

carbon dioxide

Question 10

-carcinoma

Answer 10

malignant epithelial tumor

Question 11

-cele

Answer 11

hernia, tumor, swelling

Question 12

-centesis

Answer 12

surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 13

-cidal

Answer 13

To Kill

Question 14

-clast

Answer 14

breaker

Question 15

-clysis

Answer 15

washing

Question 16

-crine

Answer 16

secretion

Question 17

-cyte

Answer 17

cell

Question 18

-desis

Answer 18

surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together

Question 19

-dynia

Answer 19

pain

Question 20

-ectasis, -ectasia

Answer 20

stretching, enlargement, dilatation

Question 21

-ectomy

Answer 21

surgical removal

Question 22

-emia

Answer 22

blood, blood condition

Question 23

-emphraxis

Answer 23

obstruction

Question 24

-esthesia

Answer 24

sensation, feeling, perception

Question 25

-gen

Answer 25

1) producing

2) precursor

Question 26

-gram, -graph

Answer 26

a picture or record

Question 27

• graphy

Answer 27

the process of recording a picture or record

Question 28

-ia

Answer 28

state or condition

Question 29

-iasis

Answer 29

disease having characteristics of or produced by (something specified)

Question 30

-ic

Answer 30

pertaining to

Question 31

-ismus

Answer 31

spasm,contraction

Question 32

-itides

Answer 32

pural of -itis

Question 33

-itis

Answer 33

inflammation

Question 34

-lysis

Answer 34

breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

Question 35

-malacia

Answer 35

abnormal softening

Question 36

-megally

Answer 36

enlargement

Question 37

-necrosis

Answer 37

tissue death

Question 38

-odynia

Answer 38

pain in (a specified organ or part)

Question 39

-oid

Answer 39

something resembling a (specified) object or having a (specified) quality

Question 40

-ologist

Answer 40

specialist

Question 41

-ology

Answer 41

the science or study of

Question 42

-oma

Answer 42

benign tumor

Question 43

-omata

Answer 43

plural of -oma

Question 44

-oses

Answer 44

plural of -osis

Question 45

-osis

Answer 45

abnormal condition

Question 46

-ostomy

Answer 46

surgical creation of an opening

Question 47

-otomy

Answer 47

surgical incision

Question 48

-pathy

Answer 48

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

Question 49

-pause

Answer 49

stopping

Question 50

-pexy

Answer 50

surgical fixation, to put in place

Question 51

-phobia

Answer 51

fear

Question 52

-plasia, -plasy

Answer 52

development, formation

Question 53

-plasty

Answer 53

surgical repair

Question 54

-plegia

Answer 54

paralysis

Question 55

-pnea

Answer 55

breathing

Question 56

-poiesis

Answer 56

production

Question 57

-ptosis

Answer 57

prolapse, drooping forward, sagging

Question 58

-rrhagia, -rrhage

Answer 58

bleeding, abnormally excessive fluid discharge

Question 59

-rrhhaphy

Answer 59

surgical suturing

Question 60

-rrhea

Answer 60

flow or discharge

Question 61

-rrhexis

Answer 61

rupture

Question 62

-sarcoma

Answer 62

malignant mesenchymal tumor

Question 63

-sclerosis

Answer 63

abnormal hardening

Question 64

-scope

Answer 64

instrument for visual examination

Question 65

-scopy

Answer 65

to see, visual examination

Question 66

-stasis

Answer 66

stoppage or slowing, stable state

Question 67

-static

Answer 67

relating to a position or state; inhibiting the growth of

Question 68

-stenosis

Answer 68

abnormal narrowing

Question 69

-tripsy

Answer 69

to crush

Question 70

-trophy

Answer 70

nutrition, nurture, growth

Question 71

-uria

Answer 71

urine, urination