Suffixes & Prefixes

Question 1

Ana-

Answer 1

Up/ back/ again (eg Anaplasia - cells with poor differentiation)

Question 2

Dys-

Answer 2

Bad/ ill/ abnormal (eg Dysplasia - enlargement of organ by abnormal cells)

Question 3

Hyper-

Answer 3

Excess

Question 4

Hypo-

Answer 4

Below/ less than normal

Question 5

Meta-

Answer 5

Beyond (eg Metastatic - cancer moved beyond primary source)

Question 6

-itis

Answer 6

Inflammation (eg pancreatitis)

Question 7

-oma

Answer 7

Cancer (eg lymphoma)

Question 8

-oid

Answer 8

Resembling (eg fibrinoid - looks like fibrin)

Question 9

-penia

Answer 9

Deficiency (eg thrombocytopenia - lack of platelets)

Question 10

-cytosis

Answer 10

Cells (eg phagocytosis - engulfing of cells)

Question 11

-ectasis

Answer 11

Dilation/ expansion (eg bronchiectasis - dilation of bronchi)

Question 12

-plasia

Answer 12

Formation (eg neoplasia - formation of new tissue)

Question 13

-opathy

Answer 13

Disease/ disorder (eg encephalopathy - disease of brain)

Question 14

-osis

Answer 14

Process (eg cyanosis - blue discolouration of skin)

Question 15

Hypertrophy

Answer 15

Enlargement of organ/ tissue due to increased size of cells

Question 16

Hyperplasia

Answer 16

Enlargement of organ/ tissue due to increased rate of reproduction of cells

Question 17

Fistula

Answer 17

Abnormal passage between tissues

Question 18

Dysplasia

Answer 18

Enlargement of organ/ tissue due to proliferation of cells of an abnormal type

Question 19

Neoplasia

Answer 19

Formation of new abnormal tissue

Question 20

Embolus

Answer 20

Object carried in blood (air bubble, clot, fatty deposit)

Question 21

Thrombus

Answer 21

Blood clot formed in vascular system

Question 22

Metastasis

Answer 22

Development of secondary malignant growths at a site away from primary cancer

Question 23

Differentiation

Answer 23

Process where cells change to perform a specific function