Suffixes

Question 1

-poiesis

Answer 1

formation

Question 2

-ptosis

Answer 2

prolapse, drooping, sagging, falling down

Question 3

-ptysis

Answer 3

spitting

Question 4

-rrhagia

Answer 4

to burst forth, bursting forth

Question 5

-rrhage

Answer 5

to burst forth, bursting forth

Question 6

-rrhaphy

Answer 6

suture

Question 7

-rrhea

Answer 7

flow, discharge

Question 8

-rrhexis

Answer 8

rupture

Question 9

-scope

Answer 9

instrument for examining

Question 10

-scopy

Answer 10

visual examination, to view, examine

Question 11

-tome

Answer 11

instrument to cut

Question 12

-tomy

Answer 12

incision

Question 13

-tripsy

Answer 13

crushing

Question 14

-trophy

Answer 14

nourishment, development

Question 15

-al

Answer 15

pertaining to

Question 16

-ion

Answer 16

process

Question 17

-ic

Answer 17

pertaining to

Question 18

-ive

Answer 18

nature of, quality of

Question 19

-sepsis

Answer 19

decay

Question 20

-y

Answer 20

condition

Question 21

-ary

Answer 21

pertaining to

Question 22

-opsy

Answer 22

to view

Question 23

-hexia

Answer 23

condition

Question 24

-grade

Answer 24

a step

Question 25

-meter

Answer 25

measure

Question 26

-fuge

Answer 26

to flee

Question 27

-therapy

Answer 27

treatment

Question 28

-gnosis

Answer 28

knowledge

Question 29

-phoresis

Answer 29

to carry

Question 30

-ant

Answer 30

forming

Question 31

-logy

Answer 31

study of

Question 32

-osis

Answer 32

condition

Question 33

-pathy

Answer 33

disease

Question 34

-centesis

Answer 34

surgical puncture

Question 35

-drome

Answer 35

that which runs together

Question 36

-genic

Answer 36

formation, produce

Question 37

-graphy

Answer 37

recording

Question 38

-algesia

Answer 38

condition of pain (analgesia - in which there is a lack of the sense of pain)

Question 39

-ant

Answer 39

forming (malignant - refers to the spreading process of cancer)

Question 40

-ase

Answer 40

enzyme (amylase - enzyme that breaks down starch)

Question 41

-ate

Answer 41

use, action (exudate - an oozing of pus or serum)

Question 42

-blast

Answer 42

immature cell, germ cell (osteoblast - bone forming cell)

Question 43

-cide

Answer 43

to kill (spermicide)

Question 44

-crit

Answer 44

to separate (hematocrit)

Question 45

-cuspid

Answer 45

point (bicuspid)

Question 46

-cyst

Answer 46

bladder, sac (blastocyst)

Question 47

-cyte

Answer 47

cell (neurocyte)

Question 48

-dipsia

Answer 48

thirst (polydipsia - excessive thirst)

Question 49

-drome

Answer 49

that which runs together (syndrome)

Question 50

-er

Answer 50

relating to , one who (radiographer)

Question 51

-gen

Answer 51

formation, produce (mutagen)

Question 52

-genesis

Answer 52

formation, produce (spermatogenesis)

Question 53

-ide

Answer 53

having a particular quality

Question 54

-ive

Answer 54

nature of, quality of (connective- nature of connecting together)

Question 55

-lymph

Answer 55

clear fluid, serum, pale fluid

Question 56

-or

Answer 56

one who, a doer (turgor)

Question 57

-phil

Answer 57

attraction (basophil - white blood cell that has an attraction for a base dye)

Question 58

-stasis

Answer 58

control, stop, stand still (metastasis - spreading process of cancer from primary site to a secondary site)

Question 59

-um

Answer 59

tissue, structure (epithelium)

Question 60

-ectasis

Answer 60

dilation, distention, stretching, expansion

Question 61

-penia

Answer 61

lack of, deficiency, abnormal reduction

Question 62

-plegia

Answer 62

stroke, paralysis, palsy

Question 63

-staxis

Answer 63

dripping, trickling

Question 64

-algia

Answer 64

pain, ache

Question 65

-asthenia

Answer 65

weakness (neurasthenia - abnormal condition characterized by nervous weakness, exhaustion)

Question 66

-betes

Answer 66

to go (diabetes

Question 67

-cele

Answer 67

hernia, tumor, swelling (cystocele - hernia of the bladder that protrudes in vagina)

Question 68

-cusis

Answer 68

hearing

Question 69

-dynia

Answer 69

pain, ache

Question 70

-edema

Answer 70

swelling

Question 71

-emesis

Answer 71

vomiting

Question 72

-itis

Answer 72

inflammation (bursitis)

Question 73

-kinesis

Answer 73

motion

Question 74

-lepsy

Answer 74

seizure (narcolepsy)

Question 75

-lexia

Answer 75

diction word or phrase (dyslexia)

Question 76

-malacia

Answer 76

softening

Question 77

-mania

Answer 77

madness

Question 78

-megaly

Answer 78

enlargement, large

Question 79

-mnesia

Answer 79

memory

Question 80

-noia

Answer 80

mind

Question 81

-oid

Answer 81

resemble (steroid)

Question 82

-oma

Answer 82

tumor

Question 83

-opia

Answer 83

sight, vision

Question 84

-oxia

Answer 84

oxygen

Question 85

-pepsia

Answer 85

to digest (dyspepsia - indigestion)

Question 86

-phagia

Answer 86

to eat, to swallow

Question 87

-phasia

Answer 87

to speak,speech (dysphasia-speech impairment)

Question 88

-plasia

Answer 88

formation, produce (hyperplasia - excessive formation and growth of normal cells

Question 89

-pnea

Answer 89

breathing (sleep apnea)

Question 90

-ptysis

Answer 90

spitting (hemoptysis - spitting up blood)

Question 91

-clasis

Answer 91

a break (osteoclasis - intentional surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity)

Question 92

-desis

Answer 92

binding (arthrodesis - surgical binding of a joint)

Question 93

-ectomy

Answer 93

surgical excision, removal (vasectomy)

Question 94

-ize

Answer 94

to make, to treat, or combine with

Question 95

-pexy

Answer 95

surgical fixation (gastropexy)

Question 96

-pheresis

Answer 96

remove (plasmapheresis - removal of blood)

Question 97

-plasty

Answer 97

surgical repair (rhinoplasty)

Question 98

-stomy

Answer 98

new opening (ileostomy - opening through the abdomiinal wall into the ileum)

Question 99

-tome

Answer 99

instrument to cut (dermatome)

Question 100

-tomy

Answer 100

incision

Question 101

-tripsy

Answer 101

crushing