Suffix Meanings Quiz

What does the suffix "-phrenia" mean?

• Wasting away

• Of the mind

• Growing

• Rupture

What is the meaning of the suffix "-ptosis"?

• Falling down, drooping

• Nutrition

• Rupture

• Growing

The suffix "-rrhagia" refers to what condition?

• Paralysis

• Excessive bleeding

• Pertaining to nutrition

• Wasting away

What does the suffix "-plegia" mean?

• Pertaining to paralysis

• Nutrition

• Growing

• To flow or discharge

Which suffix means "nutrition"?

• -trophy

• -rrhexis

• -physis

• -ptosis

What is the meaning of the suffix "-rrhexis"?

• Rupture

• Growing

• Wasting away

• Of the mind

The suffix "-trophic" pertains to what?

• Paralysis

• Nutrition

• Falling down

• Double vision

What does the suffix "-phthisis" mean?

• Wasting away

• Growing

• Rupture

• To flow or discharge

Which suffix means "to flow or discharge"?

• -rrhea

• -plegia

• -physis

• -trophy

What is the meaning of the suffix "-physis"?

• Growing

• Paralysis

• Nutrition

• Wasting away