Suffixes

Question 1

-al,-ar,-ic,-ical,-tic

Answer 1

pertaining to

Question 2

-ation

Answer 2

process; condition

Question 3

-blast

Answer 3

developing cell

Question 4

-crit

Answer 4

to separate

Question 5

-cyte

Answer 5

cell

Question 6

-e

Answer 6

(noun suffix with no meaning)

Question 7

-ectomy

Answer 7

surgical removal;excision

Question 8

-emia

Answer 8

blood condition

Question 9

-emic

Answer 9

pertaining to blood condition

Question 10

-fusion

Answer 10

to pour;to come together

Question 11

-gen

Answer 11

substance that produces

Question 12

-globulin

Answer 12

protein

Question 13

-ia

Answer 13

condition

Question 14

-in, -ine

Answer 14

chemical;chemical compound;subtance

Question 15

-itis

Answer 15

inflammation

Question 16

-logist

Answer 16

specialist

Question 17

-logy

Answer 17

study of

Question 18

-lysis

Answer 18

breakdown;separation;loosening

Question 19

-lytic

Answer 19

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

Question 20

-megaly

Answer 20

enlargement

Question 21

-oma

Answer 21

tumor;mass

Question 22

-osis

Answer 22

abnormal condition

Question 23

-penia

Answer 23

deficiency

Question 24

-phage

Answer 24

eat;swallow

Question 25

-pheresis

Answer 25

removal

Question 26

-phil, -philia

Answer 26

love;attraction for

Question 27

-phoresis

Answer 27

transmission;carrying

Question 28

-plasm

Answer 28

formation;structure

Question 29

-plastic

Answer 29

pertaining to formation

Question 30

-plasty

Answer 30

surgical repair

Question 31

-poiesis

Answer 31

formation

Question 32

-rrhage

Answer 32

rupture;bursting forth ( of blood)

Question 33

-sis

Answer 33

state;condition

Question 34

-stasis

Answer 34

stoppage of flow

Question 35

-suppresstion

Answer 35

to stop

Question 36

-therapy

Answer 36

treatment

Question 37

-tomy

Answer 37

process of cutting;incision