Suffixes (Ch 6)

Question 1

-ase

Answer 1

enzyme

Question 2

-centesis

Answer 2

puncture to remove fluid

Question 3

-chezia

Answer 3

defecation; elimination of wastes

Question 4

-ectasis

Answer 4

dilation; dilatation; widening

Question 5

-ectomy

Answer 5

removal; excision; resection

Question 6

-emesis

Answer 6

vomiting (can be used as a term alone)

Question 7

-emia

Answer 7

blood condition

Question 8

-genesis

Answer 8

producing; forming

Question 9

-graphy

Answer 9

process of recording

Question 10

-iasis

Answer 10

abnormal condition

Question 11

-megaly

Answer 11

enlargement

Question 12

-orexia

Answer 12

appetite

Question 13

-ptosis

Answer 13

falling; drooping; prolapse

Question 14

-rrhage

Answer 14

bursting forth of blood

Question 15

-rrhagia

Answer 15

bursting forth of blood

Question 16

-rrhaphy

Answer 16

suture

Question 17

rrhea

Answer 17

flow; discharge

Question 18

-scopy

Answer 18

visual examination

Question 19

-spasm

Answer 19

involuntary contraction of muscles (can be used as a term alone)

Question 20

-stasis

Answer 20

stopping, controlling (can be used as a term alone)

Question 21

-stenosis

Answer 21

narrowing, tightening (can be used as a term alone)

Question 22

-stomy

Answer 22

new opening (to form a mouth)

Question 23

-tomy

Answer 23

process of cutting

Question 24

-tresia

Answer 24

opening

Question 25

-pepsia

Answer 25

digestion

Question 26

-phagia

Answer 26

eating, swallowing

Question 27

-plasty

Answer 27

surgical repair

Question 28

-ptysis

Answer 28

spitting

Question 29

-rrhaphy

Answer 29

suture

Question 30

-rrhea

Answer 30

flow, discharge