Suffixes-1

Question 1

-stomy

Answer 1

Creation of an opening (colostomy)

Question 2

-stenosis

Answer 2

Abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular vessel or organ (stenosis, restensosis)

Question 3

-staxis

Answer 3

Dripping, trickling

Question 4

-stasis

Answer 4

Stop, stand

Question 5

-spadias

Answer 5

Slit, fissure

Hypospadias, epispadias

Question 6

• scope

- scopy

Answer 6

Instrument for viewing (endoscope)

Use of instrument for viewing (endoscopy)

Question 7

-sclerosis

Answer 7

Hardening of the skin

Question 8

-trophy

Answer 8

Nourishment, development (pseudohypertrophy)

Question 9

-tripsy

Answer 9

Crushing

Lithotripsy

Question 10

-tony

Answer 10

Tension

Question 11

-tomy

Answer 11

Act of cutting; incising; incision (gastrotomy)

Question 12

-tome

Answer 12

Cutting instrument

Question 13

-tic

Answer 13

Pertaining to

Question 14

-thym(o)(ia)

Answer 14

Emotions (dysthymia)

Question 15

• tension

- tensive

Answer 15

Pressure

Hypertension

Question 16

• ula

- ule

Answer 16

Small (nodule)

Question 17

-version

Answer 17

Turning (anteversion, retroversion)

[Like the French, verser]

Question 18

-y

Answer 18

Condition or process of (surgery, lobotomy)

Question 19

-zyme

Answer 19

Fermentation (enzyme, lysozyme)

Question 20

-ation

Answer 20

Process

Question 21

-asthenia

Answer 21

Weakness (myasthenia gravis)

Question 22

-ase

Answer 22

Enzyme (lactase)

Question 23

-ary

Answer 23

Pertaining to (bilary tract)

Question 24

-algia

Answer 24

Pain (fibromyalgia)

Question 25

-al

Answer 25

Pertaining to (abdominal)

Question 26

-ago

Answer 26

Abnormal condition

Question 27

-aemia

Answer 27

Blood condition (anaemia)

Question 28

-ad

Answer 28

Toward, in the direction of (dorsad)

Question 29

-acusis

Answer 29

Hearing (paracusis)

Question 30

• ac

- acal

Answer 30

Pertaining to

Cardiac, pharmacomaniacal

Question 31

-cele

Answer 31

Pouching, hernia (hydrocele, varicocele)

Question 32

-centesis

Answer 32

Surgical puncture for aspiration (amniocentesis)

Question 33

• cidal

- cide

Answer 33

Killing, destroying

Bacteriocidal

Question 34

-clast

Answer 34

Break (osteoclast)

Question 35

-crine

Answer 35

To secrete (endocrine)

Question 36

-dynia

Answer 36

Pain (vulvodynia)

[think, “I’m dy(i)n’ here!”]

Question 37

-dipsia

Answer 37

Thirst (polydipsia, hydrodipsia)

Question 38

-desis

Answer 38

Binding (arthrodesis)

Question 39

• form

- iform

Answer 39

Having the form of

Question 40

• esophageal

- esophago

Answer 40

Gullet

Question 41

-emia

Answer 41

Blood condition

Question 42

-emesis

Answer 42

Vomiting condition (haematemisis)

Question 43

-ectomy

Answer 43

Denotes a surgical operation or a removal of a body part, resection or excision
(mastectomy)

Question 44

• ectasis

- ectasia

Answer 44

Expansion, dilation (bronchiectasis, telangiectasia)

Question 45

-eal

Answer 45

Pertaining to

Question 46

-graphy

Answer 46

Process of recording (angiography)

Question 47

-graph

Answer 47

Instrument used to record data or picture (electrocardiograph)

Question 48

• gram

- gramme

Answer 48

Record or picture (angiogram)

Question 49

-cyte

Answer 49

Cell (cytokine, leukocyte)