Suffixes

Question 1

-icle

Answer 1

Small or tiny

Question 2

-is

Answer 2

Structure or thing.

Ex: hypodermis hypo - under, derm - skin, -is structure

Question 3

-ole

Answer 3

Small, tiny.

Ex: arteriole - small artery (arteri/o - artery)

Question 4

-ule

Answer 4

Small, tiny.

Ex: venule - small vein (ven/o - vein)

Question 5

-um

Answer 5

Structure, thing, membrane.

ex: endocardium - structure within the heart

Question 6

-y

Answer 6

Condition, process.

Hypertrophy - process of growing muscle

Question 7

-ac

Answer 7

Pertaining to.

Ex: cardiac

Question 8

-al

Answer 8

Pertaining to.

Ex: cervical - pertains to the neck

Question 9

-ar

Answer 9

Pertaining to.

Ex: valvular - pertains to a valve

Question 10

-ary

Answer 10

Pertaining to.

Ex: coronary - pertains to the heart (coron/o - heart, crown)

Question 11

-eal

Answer 11

Pertaining to.

Ex: esophageal

Question 12

-ic

Answer 12

Pertaining to.

Ex: hypodermic - pertains to below the skin

-hypo- below derm - skin -ic - pertaining to

Question 13

-ous

Answer 13

Pertaining to.

Ex: subcutaneous. (cutane/o - skin)