Suffixes (Unit 4)

Question 1

-ANASTOMOSIS

Answer 1

an opening between two tubular structures

Question 2

-fistula

Answer 2

an opening between two epithelia surfaces

Question 3

-CLYSIS

Answer 3

irrigation, injection or fluid

Question 4

-OREXIA

Answer 4

appetite

Question 5

-STOMY

Answer 5

surgical formation of an opening

Question 6

-PEPSIA

Answer 6

digestion

Question 7

-EMESIS

Answer 7

vomiting

Question 8

-CARCINOMA

Answer 8

a malignant tumor (of epithelial origin)

Question 9

-LITHIASIS

Answer 9

a condition of stones in

Question 10

-RRHEXIS

Answer 10

rupture, bursting

Question 11

-STASIS, -STASIA

Answer 11

a standing still, stoppage, flow

Question 12

-TRIPSY

Answer 12

surgical or therapeutic crushing (i.e. of a stone)

Question 13

-URIA

Answer 13

condition of the urine or of urination

Question 14

-PLOID (adj.)

Answer 14

multiple in form; having a (specified) multiple of chromosomes

Question 15

-PLOIDY (noun)

Answer 15

the number of haploid sets in a cell

Question 16

-ferous

Answer 16

bearing, bringing, carrying, producing

Question 17

-GAMY

Answer 17

marriage, sexual union, reproduction

Question 18

-ent, -ant

Answer 18

-ing; carrying out an action indicated by a verbal base

Question 19

-ARCHE

Answer 19

beginning of

Question 20

-pagus

Answer 20

conjoined twin

Question 21

-para

Answer 21

a woman who has given birth

Question 22

-gravida

Answer 22

a woman has been pregnant

Question 23

-CYESIS

Answer 23

pregnancy

Question 24

-able, -ible

Answer 24

capable of being

Question 25

-AGOGUE

Answer 25

a promoter or stimulant of

Question 26

-CRINE

Answer 26

secreting

Question 27

-DYNAMICS

Answer 27

the science of motion under the influence

Question 28

-TROPIC

Answer 28

turning towards, having an affinity for, stimulating, acting