Suffixes Related to Conditions or Symptoms

Question 1

-cele

Answer 1

hernia

Question 2

-cytosis

Answer 2

condition of cells

Question 3

-ectasia

Answer 3

expansion; dilation

Question 4

-ectasis

Answer 4

expanding; dilating

Question 5

-edema

Answer 5

swelling

Question 6

-ema

Answer 6

condition

Question 7

-emesis

Answer 7

vomiting

Question 8

-iasis

Answer 8

pathological condition or state; presence of

Question 9

-ism

Answer 9

condition, disease

Question 10

-itis (pl. -itides)

Answer 10

inflammation

Question 11

-lepsy

Answer 11

seizures

Question 12

-leptic

Answer 12

pertaining to seizures

Question 13

-lithiasis

Answer 13

presence of stones

Question 14

-mania

Answer 14

obsession; madness

Question 15

-megaly

Answer 15

enlargement

Question 16

-oma (pl. -omata)

Answer 16

tumor, neoplasm

Question 17

-opia

Answer 17

vision

Question 18

-opsia

Answer 18

vision

Question 19

-osis (pl. -oses)

Answer 19

condition, state, process

Question 20

-paresis

Answer 20

slight paralysis, feelings of numbness and tingling

Question 21

-pathy

Answer 21

disease

Question 22

-penia

Answer 22

deficiency, small, fewer

Question 23

-philia

Answer 23

attraction; affinity for

Question 24

-phrenia

Answer 24

of the mind

Question 25

-phthisis

Answer 25

wasting away

Question 26

-physis

Answer 26

growing

Question 27

-plegia

Answer 27

paralysis

Question 28

-plegic

Answer 28

pertaining to paralysis

Question 29

-ptosis

Answer 29

falling down; drooping

Question 30

-rrhea

Answer 30

to flow or discharge

Question 31

-rrhagia

Answer 31

excessive bleeding (amount an/or frequency)

Question 32

-rrhexis

Answer 32

rupture

Question 33

-trophic

Answer 33

pertaining to nutrition

Question 34

-trophy

Answer 34

nutrition