| Suffix | Definition | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| -cyte | cell | 50%
|
| -ac, -ous | pertaining to | 38%
|
| -al, -ar, -ary, -ory | pertaining to | 38%
|
| -ic, -ical, -ile | pertaining to | 38%
|
| -phobia | fear | 25%
|
| -algesia, -algia, -odynia | pain | 25%
|
| -malacia | softening | 25%
|
| -oma | tumor | 25%
|
| -pnea | breathing | 13%
|
| -tripsy | crushing | 13%
|
| -megaly | enlargement | 13%
|
| -ase | enzyme | 13%
|
| -sclerosis | hardening | 13%
|
| -plegia | paralysis | 13%
|
| -rhexis | rupture | 13%
|
| -lepsy | seizure | 13%
|
| -esthesia, -esthesi/o | sensation | 13%
|
| -phasia | speech | 13%
|
| -uresis | urination | 13%
|
| -phonia | voice | 13%
|
| -edema | accummulation of fluid, swelling | 0%
|
| -tropic | acting on, affecting | 0%
|
| -graphy | act of recording data | 0%
|
| -philic | attracting, absorbing | 0%
|
| -desis | binding, fusion | 0%
|
| -some | body, small body | 0%
|
| -clasis, -clasia | breaking | 0%
|
| irhage, -rhagia | bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage | 0%
|
| -ia, -ia/sis, -ism, -o/sis, -y | condition of | 0%
|
| -sis | condition of | 0%
|
| -emia | condition of blood | 0%
|
| -hemia | condition of blood | 0%
|
| -spermia | condition of sperm | 0%
|
| -opia | condition of the eye, vision | 0%
|
| -uria | condition of urine, urination | 0%
|
| -opsia | condition of vision | 0%
|
| -necrosis | death of tissue | 0%
|
| -penia | decrease in, deficiency of | 0%
|
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation, dilatation, distension | 0%
|
| -pathy | disease, any disease of | 0%
|
| -lytic | dissolving, reducing, loosening | 0%
|
| -ptosis | dropping, downward displacement, prolapse | 0%
|
| -scopy | examination of | 0%
|
| -mania | excited state, obsession | 0%
|
| -ectomy | exision, surgical removal | 0%
|
| -dilation, -dilatation | expansion, widening | 0%
|
| -trophy, -trophia | feeding, growth, nourishment | 0%
|
| -schisis | fissure, splitting | 0%
|
| -rhea | flow, discharge | 0%
|
| -plasia | formation, molding, development | 0%
|
| -poiesis | formation, production | 0%
|
| -hemi | half, one side | 0%
|
| -cele | hernia, localized dilation | 0%
|
| -itis | imflammation | 0%
|
| -blast | immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell | 0%
|
| -tomy | incision, cutting | 0%
|
| -tome | instrument for incising or cutting | 0%
|
| -meter | instrument for measuring | 0%
|
| -graph | instrument for recording data | 0%
|
| -scope | instrument for viewing or examining | 0%
|
| -capnia | level of carbon dioxide | 0%
|
| -oxia | level of oxygen | 0%
|
| -form | like, resembling | 0%
|
| -oid | like, resembling | 0%
|
| -metry | measurement of | 0%
|
| -iatrics, -iatry, -ics | medical specialty | 0%
|
| -mimetic | mimicking, simulating | 0%
|
| -stenosis | narrowing, constriction | 0%
|
| -gen, -genesis | origin, formation | 0%
|
| -paresis | partial paralysis, weakness | 0%
|
| -plasty | plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction | 0%
|
| -toxin | poison | 0%
|
| -agogue | promoter, stimulator | 0%
|
| -centesis | puncture, tap | 0%
|
| -lexia | reading | 0%
|
| -gram | record of data | 0%
|
| -osmia | sense of smell | 0%
|
| -geusia | sense of taste | 0%
|
| -lysis | separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction | 0%
|
| -lithesis | slipping | 0%
|
| -ian, -ist | specialist | 0%
|
| -lalia | speech, babble | 0%
|
| -logy | study of | 0%
|
| -spasm | sudden contraction, cramp | 0%
|
| -ose | sugar | 0%
|
| -stasis | suppression, stoppage | 0%
|
| -stomy | surgical creation of an opening | 0%
|
| -pexy | surgical fixation | 0%
|
| -rhaphy | surgical repair, surture | 0%
|