Questions and Answers 2026 | Comprehensive
Pharmacy Vocabulary Review with Rationales |
Grade A+
• -ac . Answer: pertaining to
• -al . Answer: pertaining to
• -algia . Answer: pain
• -ar, -ary . Answer: pertaining to
• -ase . Answer: enzyme
• -logy . Answer: study of
• -dipsia . Answer: thirst
• -graphy, -graph . Answer: instrument for recording
• -gram . Answer: record
• -genic . Answer: producing
• -pathy . Answer: disease
• -itis . Answer: inflammation of
• -osis . Answer: condition
• -rrhage . Answer: excessive flow
• -oid . Answer: resembling, like
• -ectomy . Answer: surgical removal
• -stasis . Answer: control
• -logist . Answer: specialist
• -scopy . Answer: viewing of
• -rrhea . Answer: flowing discharge
, • -scope . Answer: instrument
• -sclerosis . Answer: hardening
• -spasm . Answer: twitching, involuntary contraction
• -oma . Answer: tumor
• -cyte . Answer: cell
• -ic . Answer: pertaining to
• -emia . Answer: blood condition
• -plasty . Answer: surgical repair
• -uria . Answer: urine
• -iatry . Answer: treatment
• -lepsy . Answer: seizure
• -lysis . Answer: breaking down
• -lytic . Answer: destroy
• -megaly . Answer: enlarged
• -meter . Answer: measuring instrument
• -penia . Answer: decreased number
• -phagia . Answer: eating, swallowing
• -philia . Answer: attraction to
• -phobia . Answer: fear of
• -plegia . Answer: paralysis, stroke
• -stenosis . Answer: narrowing
• -stomy . Answer: artificial opening
• -toxic . Answer: poison