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Ch4 Suffixes
Suffixes Ch 4 Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -drome | to run |
| -fusion | coming together; to pour |
| -gen | producing, forming |
| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, loosening |
| -meter | to measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -or | one who |
| -partum | birth, labor |
| -phoria | to bea, carry; feeling (mental state) |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasia | development, formation |
| -plasm | development, formation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | droop, sag, prolapse |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -stasis | stop, control; place |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |