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There are thousands of major and minor things which can occur to a human
body. Each disease and pathological condition is described by a specific
medical term. Often similar symptoms and pathological conditions can occur
in different parts of the body. It is convenient, therefore, to have word
elements which describe certain common conditions. For example, the word
element -algia means
"pain" or "ache" which can be combined with other word
elements referring to parts of the body. Thus, myalgia refers to a pain
or ache in a muscle or muscles. The pretest linked to this page lists 12
suffixes (or roots + suffixes used as suffixes) which often are components
of words used to describe symptomatic conditions. Take this pretest and
determine how many of these suffixes you can define.
Please click here to the take the pretest.
