Suffixes

Question 1

-ALGIA
ex. neuralgia

Answer 1

meaning pain

Question 2

-DYNIA
ex. gastrodynia

Answer 2

meaning pain

Question 3

-EMIA
ex. leukemia

Answer 3

meaning a blood condition

Question 4

-IA
ex. polyuria

Answer 4

meaning a condition or disease
pathological condition

Question 5

-ITIS
ex. laryngitis

Answer 5

meaning inflammation

Question 6

-LEPSY
ex. epilepsy

Answer 6

meaning seizure or attack

Question 7

-MALACIA
ex. chondromalacia

Answer 7

meaning softening

Question 8

-MEGALY
ex. cardiomegaly

Answer 8

meaning enlargement

Question 9

-OMA
ex. sarcoma

Answer 9

meaning tumor or mass

Question 10

-OSIS
ex. dermatomycosis

Answer 10

meaning abnormal condition

Question 11

-PATHY
ex. myopathy

Answer 11

meaning disease

Question 12

-PENIA
ex. leukopenia

Answer 12

meaning deficiency

Question 13

-PLEGIA
ex. quadriplegia

Answer 13

meaning paralysis

Question 14

-PNEA
ex. apnea

Answer 14

meaning breathing

Question 15

-SCLEROSIS
ex. arteriosclerosis

Answer 15

meaning hardening

Question 16

-RRHAGE
ex. hemorrhage

Answer 16

meaning bursting forth

Question 17

-RRHEA
ex. menorrhea

Answer 17

meaning flow or discharge

Question 18

-RRHEXIS
ex. cardiorrhexis

Answer 18

meaning breaking open

Question 19

-CENTESIS
ex. adominocentesis

Answer 19

meaning puncture and aspiration

Question 20

-ECTOMY
ex. appendectomy

Answer 20

meaning surgical removal

Question 21

-GENIC
ex. teratogenic

Answer 21

meaning producing or forming

Question 22

-GRAPHY
ex. electrocardiography

Answer 22

meaning process of recording

Question 23

-LYSIS
ex. dialysis

Answer 23

meaning separation

Question 24

-OPSY
ex. biopsy

Answer 24

meaning view of or vision

Question 25

-PLASTY
ex. rhinoplasty

Answer 25

meaning surgical repair

Question 26

-SCOPY
ex. arthroscopy

Answer 26

meaning visual examination

Question 27

-STOMY
ex. tracheostomy

Answer 27

meaning opening

Question 28

-TOMY
ex. blepharotomy

Answer 28

meaning incision or cutting

Question 29

-AC, -IAC
ex. iliac

Answer 29

meaning pertaining to

Question 30

-AL, -EAL, -IAL
ex. neonatal

Answer 30

meaning pertaining to

Question 31

-AR
ex. ventricular

Answer 31

meaning pertaining to

Question 32

-ARY
ex. pulmonary

Answer 32

meaning pertaining to

Question 33

-ELLA
ex. patella

Answer 33

meaning small

Question 34

-IATRIC
ex. pediatric

Answer 34

meaning medical treatment

Question 35

-IC, -ICAL
ex. nephric

Answer 35

meaning pertaining to

Question 36

-INE
ex. equine

Answer 36

meaning pertaining/relating to

Question 37

-OID
ex. sinusoid

Answer 37

meaning resembling

Question 38

-OUS
ex. cartilaginous

Answer 38

meaning characteristic of

Question 39

-PLAST
ex. chloroplast

Answer 39

meaning cell or living substance

Question 40

-PLASTY
ex. otoplasty

Answer 40

meaning formation or plastic repair of

Question 41

-ULAR
ex. scapular

Answer 41

meaning pertaining to

Question 42

-VOROUS
ex. carnivorous

Answer 42

meaning eating

Question 43

-ID
ex. plasmid

Answer 43

means body or particle

Question 44

-ITE
ex. dendrite or nitrite

Answer 44

(biologically) means segment of a body part
(chemically) describes “salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -OUS”

Question 45

Suffixes that tell you something about the body isn’t the way it’s supposed to be.
May indicate an abundance, deficiency, presence, or absence.

Answer 45

Diagnostic Suffixes

Question 46

Suffixes that help describe medical procedures.

Answer 46

Procedural Suffixes

Question 47

Suffixes that mean “pertaining to” or “characteristic of”.

Answer 47

Adjectival Suffixes