The suffix that means motion or movement is:

A) - poiesis

B) - ptysis

C) - kinesis

D) - genesis

Answer : C. - kinesis

-kinesis is a suffix which means motion or movement specifically undirected movements that is a response to certain stimuli. Some of the words that contains the suffix - kinesis are angiokinesis, chemokinesis, diakenesis and cytokinesis. Angiokinesis is the movement of blood vessel. Chemokinesis refers to the cell activity that is caused by the presence of a chemical substance. Diakinesis is one of the stages in meiosis I. Cytokinesis refers to the division of the cytoplasm in a cell to create two different daughter cells.