Mod 10 Terminations

Question 1

-agra

Answer 1

sudden and severe pain

Question 2

-asthenia

Answer 2

absence of strength; weakness

Question 3

-clast

Answer 3

instrument used to break

Question 4

-desis

Answer 4

surgical immobilization; surgical fusion [if used with the prefix syn-, avoid redundancy by ignoring the prefix]

Question 5

-ferous

Answer 5

bearing; containing [preceded by connecting vowel “i”]

Question 6

-paresis

Answer 6

slight paralysis

Question 7

-phylaxis

Answer 7

protection (of something); protection against (something); protection by means of (a substance or process)

[GRK.] Phylax = greek guard

Question 8

-phylactic

Answer 8

protective (of something); protective against (something); protective by means of (a substance or process)

[GRK.] Phylax = greek guard

Question 9

-sthenia

Answer 9

strength