level: Suffixes
Questions and Answers List
Suffixes alter the meaning of the term. The combining form of suffix is attached to determine which meaning to use.
level questions: Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac, -al, -ic, -ical | Pertaining to |
| -algia | Pain |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -cytosis | Increase in cell number |
| -drome | To run |
| -ectomy | EXcision; removal; resection |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -emic | Pertaining to a blood condition |
| -genic | Produced by or in |
| -gram | Record |
| -graph | INSTRUMENT of recording |
| -graphy | PROCESS of recording |
| -ion | Process |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Study of |
| -oma | tumor; mass; fluid collection |
| -opsy | View of |
| -osis | Abnormal Condition |
| -pathy | Disease condition; emotion |
| -scope | INSTRUMENT for visual examination |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -sis | State of; condition |
| -tomy | INcision; process of cutting into |