Suffixes - Prefixes

Question 1

-centesis

Answer 1

to puncture, perforate, or tap -

permitting withdrawal of fluid, air, etc.

Question 2

-ectomy

Answer 2

to excise or surgically remove

Question 3

-ize

Answer 3

use, subject to

Question 4

-pexy

Answer 4

fixation or suturing (a stabilizing type

of repair)

Question 5

-plasty

Answer 5

to shape, the surgical formation of, or

plastic surgery

Question 6

-rraphy

Answer 6

to surgically repair by joining in a seam

or by suturing together

Question 7

-stomy

Answer 7

to make a new, artificial opening in a
hollow organ (to the outside of the body),
or to make a new opening between two
hollow organs

Question 8

-tomy

Answer 8

to incise or cut into (making an incision)

Question 9

-algia

Answer 9

pain

Question 10

-emesis

Answer 10

vomit

Question 11

-emia

hypoglycemia

Answer 11

blood condition

Question 12

-esis , -iasis , -asis

psoriasis

Answer 12

infestation or infection with,

a condition characterized by​

Question 13

-genesis

Answer 13

development/origin

Question 14

-ism

Answer 14

a state or condition, a fact of

being, result of a process

Question 15

-itis

Answer 15

inflammation of

Question 16

-megaly

Answer 16

enlarged

Question 17

-oma

Answer 17

tumor

Question 18

-osis

Nephrosis

Answer 18

abnormal condition or

process of degeneration

Question 19

-path , -pathy

Answer 19

disease

Question 20

-penia

….lipopenia

Answer 20

lack or deficiency of

Question 21

-phage , -phagy

Answer 21

eating

Question 22

-phobia

Answer 22

abnormal fear or

intolerance of

Question 23

-plasia, - plastic, -plasty

Answer 23

forming, growing,

changing​

Question 24

-pnea

Answer 24

breathing

Question 25

-rrhea

Answer 25

flow or discharge

Question 26

a- , an-

Answer 26

without, not having

Question 27

anti-

Answer 27

against

Question 28

brachy -

Answer 28

short

Question 29

brady-

Answer 29

slow

Question 30

cata-

Answer 30

down, under, lower, against

Question 31

contra-

Answer 31

against, opposed

Question 32

crypt/o-

Answer 32

hidden

Question 33

de-

Answer 33

remove, take away, loss of

Question 34

dis-

Answer 34

apart from, free from

Question 35

dolich/o-

Answer 35

long

Question 36

dys-

dysrhythmia

Answer 36

difficult, painful, abnormal

Question 37

e- , ec-, ex-

…extricate

Answer 37

out of, from, away from

Question 38

eu-

Answer 38

normal, good, true, healthy

Question 39

glyc/o, gluc/o

Answer 39

sugar, sweet

Question 40

hem/a- hemat/o- , hem/o-

Answer 40

blood

Question 41

hemi-

….hemisphere

Answer 41

half

Question 42

hydro-

Answer 42

water/fluid

Question 43

hyper-

Answer 43

high, above, excessive

Question 44

hypo-

Answer 44

low, insufficient

Question 45

macro-

Answer 45

large

Question 46

mal-

Answer 46

bad, poor

Question 47

meg/a- , megal/o-

Answer 47

enlarged, oversized

Question 48

micro-

Answer 48

small

Question 49

necr/o-

Answer 49

death

Question 50

neo-

Answer 50

new

Question 51

olig/o-

Answer 51

few, little

Question 52

pan-

Answer 52

all, entire

Question 53

poly-

Answer 53

many, much

Question 54

pseudo-

Answer 54

false

Question 55

py/o-

Answer 55

pus

Question 56

tachy-

Answer 56

fast, rapid

Question 57

ur/e-, ur/ea-, ur/eo-, ur/in-,

ur/ino, ur/o

Answer 57

urine, or urea

Question 58

-gram

Answer 58

product, written record, “picture,” or graph

produced

Question 59

-graph

Answer 59

instrument or machine that writes or

records​

Question 60

-graphy

Answer 60

procedure of using an instrument or

machine to record

Question 61

-meter

Answer 61

instrument or machine that measures or

counts​

Question 62

-metry -imetry

Answer 62

procedure of measuring

Question 63

-scope

Answer 63

instrument for exam

Question 64

-scopy

Answer 64

act of using an instrument to examine

Question 65

-tome

Answer 65

instrument for cutting, such
as into smaller or thinner
sections

Question 66

-plegia

Answer 66

paralysis