level: Level 1 of Suffixes
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1 of Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al, -ar, -eal, -ic, ary | Pertaining to |
| -algia, -dynia | Pain |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture for the purpose of removing fluid |
| -ectomy | Excision, surgical removal |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -gram | Visual record |
| -graphy | Process of creating a visual record |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -lysis | Breaking down, detachment, dissolution |
| -megaly | Enlargement of a body part |
| -oma | Tumor, mass |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -sclerosis | Abnormal hardening of tissue |
| -scopy | Process of visual examination |
| -stomy | Surgical opening |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| -tomy | Surgical incision |
| -ia | Condition |
| -rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | Excessive discharge of blood |
| -uria | Condition of urine |
| angi/o | Vessel |
| arteri/o | Artery |
| arthr/o | Joint |
| axill/o | Armpit |
| amni/o | Amnion |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | Bronchial tubes |
| carcin/o | Cancer |
| cardi/o | Heart |
| chem/o | Drug, chemical |
| chron/o | Time |
| col/o | Colon (large intestine) |
| cyst/o | Urinary bladder |
| encephal/o | Brain |
| erythr/o | Red |
| hem/o, hemat/o | Blood |
| hepat/o | Liver |
| inguin/o | Groin |
| isch/o | To hold back |
| lapar/o | Abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | Larynx |
| leuk/o | White |
| mamm/o, mast/o | Breast |
| my/o | Muscle |
| myel/o | Spinal cord; bone marrow |
| necr/o | Death (of cells or whole body) |
| nephr/o, ren/o | Kidney |
| neur/o | Nerve |
| oste/o | Bone |
| ot/o | Ear |
| peritone/o | Peritoneum |
| phleb/o | Vein |
| pneumon/o, pulmon/o | Lungs |
| radi/o | X-ray |
| rhin/o | Nose |
| sarc/o | Flesh |
| thorac/o | Chest |
| tonsill/o | Tonsil |
| trache/o | Trachea (windpipe) |
| septic/o | Pertaining to infection |
| ather/o | Plaque (a yellow, fatty material) |
| cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
| crani/o | Skull |
| cry/o | Cold |
| electr/o | Electricity |
| esophag/o | Esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach) |
| hyster/o | Uterus |
| men/o | Menses (menstruation); month |
| mening/o | Meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord) |
| oophor/o | Ovary |
| pelv/o | Hip area |
| salping/o | Fallopian (uterine) tube |
| ur/o | Urine or urea (a waste material); urinary tract |
| vascul/o | Blood vessel |