Unit 3 suffixes

Question 1

-al

Answer 1

pertaining to

Question 2

-an

Answer 2

chemical name ending

Question 3

-ance

Answer 3

to give

Question 4

-ant

Answer 4

state of being

Question 5

-ar

Answer 5

pertaining to

Question 6

-ase*

Answer 6

chemical name ending for an enzyme (a protein or RNA molecule that promotes the breaking or building of chemical bonds)

Question 7

-ate

Answer 7

chemical name ending

Question 8

-cule

Answer 8

diminutive suffix (describes a smaller version of the word in front of it)

Question 9

-ein

Answer 9

chemical name ending

Question 10

-elle

Answer 10

diminutive suffix

Question 11

-emia

Answer 11

present in blood, indicating disease

Question 12

-er

Answer 12

word ending that turns a verb into a noun

Question 13

-gen

Answer 13

arising from

Question 14

-ic

Answer 14

pertaining to

Question 15

-ical

Answer 15

pertaining to

Question 16

-icle

Answer 16

diminutive suffix

Question 17

-icul

Answer 17

diminutive suffix

Question 18

-id

Answer 18

chemical name ending

Question 19

-ide

Answer 19

chemical name ending

Question 20

-ified

Answer 20

word ending that turns a noun into an adjective

Question 21

-il

Answer 21

chemical name ending

Question 22

-in*

Answer 22

chemical name ending for a protein, a large molecule made up of many amino acids

Question 23

-ine

Answer 23

chemical name ending

Question 24

-ion

Answer 24

word ending that turns a verb into a noun

Question 25

-is

Answer 25

process word ending

Question 26

-ism

Answer 26

belief; process word ending

Question 27

-ity

Answer 27

turns a noun into a state of being

Question 28

-ium

Answer 28

anatomical structure word ending

Question 29

-ive

Answer 29

to go

Question 30

-logy

Answer 30

study of

Question 31

-lysis

Answer 31

breakdown process

Question 32

-oid

Answer 32

resembling

Question 33

-ol*

Answer 33

chemical name ending for an alcohol

Question 34

-ole

Answer 34

diminutive suffix

Question 35

-olus

Answer 35

diminutive suffix

Question 36

-on

Answer 36

unit of anatomical or functional structure

Question 37

-one

Answer 37

chemical name ending

Question 38

-ose*

Answer 38

chemical name ending for a sugar

Question 39

-osis

Answer 39

process

Question 40

-ote

Answer 40

word ending indicating membership in a group

Question 41

-ous

Answer 41

word ending that turns a noun into an adjective

Question 42

-penia

Answer 42

low levels of; scarcity

Question 43

-sion

Answer 43

word ending that turns a verb into a noun

Question 44

-sis

Answer 44

process word ending

Question 45

-some

Answer 45

body; structure

Question 46

-tic

Answer 46

pertaining to; t added to make it sound better

Question 47

-tion

Answer 47

word ending that turns a verb into a noun

Question 48

-type

Answer 48

impression made by

Question 49

-ula -ule

Answer 49

diminutive suffix

Question 50

-um

Answer 50

anatomical structure word ending