Terminations

Question 1

-genesis

Answer 1

formation; development; growth

[Refers to something natural]

Question 2

-gravida

Answer 2

woman who is (or has been) pregnant for (nth time)

[the root which immediately precedes -gravida indicates the number of pregnancies experienced;

the connecting vowel preceding -gravida is always i]

Question 3

-para

Answer 3

woman who has given birth (n times)

[see note for -gravida, which also applies to -para;

the connecting vowel preceding -para is always i]

Question 3

-strophe

Answer 3

a turning; a twisting

Question 4

-cyesis

Answer 4

pregnancy

Question 4

producing; forming; produced by

Answer 4

-genic

Question 5

pertaining to formation or development

Answer 5

-poietic

Question 6

-cide

Answer 6

act of killing/destroying; agent used to kill/destroy

[usually preceded by the connecting vowel i]

Question 7

woman who has given birth (n times)

[see note for -gravida, which also applies to -para;

the connecting vowel preceding -para is always i]

Answer 7

-para

Question 8

act of killing/destroying; agent used to kill/destroy

[usually preceded by the connecting vowel i]

Answer 8

-cide

Question 10

-genic

Answer 10

producing; forming; produced by

Question 11

-pexy -pexis

Answer 11

surgical attachment [often of one organ or tissue to another]

Question 11

formation; development; growth

[Refers to something natural]

Answer 11

-genesis

Question 12

surgical attachment [often of one organ or tissue to another]

Answer 12

-pexy -pexis

Question 13

woman who is (or has been) pregnant for (nth time)

[the root which immediately precedes -gravida indicates the number of pregnancies experienced;

the connecting vowel preceding -gravida is always i]

Answer 13

-gravida

Question 14

embryonic cell

Answer 14

-blast

Question 16

-poiesis

Answer 16

production; formation; development; act of shaping

[not implicitly natural, but could be]

Question 17

closure; blockage

Answer 17

-cleisis

Question 18

-blast

Answer 18

embryonic cell

Question 19

absence of the opening (to a bodily structure)

Answer 19

-atresia

Question 21

-cleisis

Answer 21

closure; blockage

Question 22

production; formation; development; act of shaping

[not implicitly natural, but could be]

Answer 22

-poiesis

Question 23

pregnancy

Answer 23

-cyesis

Question 24

-atresia

Answer 24

absence of the opening (to a bodily structure)

Question 25

a turning; a twisting

Answer 25

-strophe

Question 26

-poietic

Answer 26

pertaining to formation or development