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Suffixes
Common Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ous, tic | pertaining to |
algia, cynia | pain |
asthenia | without strength |
cele | pouching or hernia |
cyesis | pregnancy |
ectasis | expansion or dilation |
ectomy | removal |
edema | swelling |
ema | condition |
emesis | vomiting |
emia | blood condition |
esthenia | lack of sensation |
genic | origin or production |
gram | record |
graph | recording instrument |
graphy | recording process |
ia, ism | condition of |
iasis | condition, formation of |
iatry | treatment |
icle,ole, ula, ule | small |
itis | inflammation |
ium | tissue or structure |
lepsy | seizure |
lith | stone, calculus |
logy, ology | study of |
lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
malacia | softening |
megaly | enlargement |
meter | measuring instrument |
metry | measuring process |
mycosis | fungal infection |
oid | resembling |
oma | tumor |
opia, opsia | vision |
osis | abnormal condition, increase |
osmia | smell |
paresis | partial paralysis |
pathy | disease |
penia | decrease |
pepsia | digestion |
phagia | swallowing |
phasia | speech |
philia | attraction for |
phobia | fear |
plasia | formation, development |
plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
plegia | paralysis, stroke |
pnea | breathing |
scopy | examination |
spasm | involuntary contraction |
stasis | stop or stand |
tocia | childbirth, labor |
tomy | incision |
toxic | poison |
tropea | to turn |
tropic | stimulate |
trophy | nutrition, growth |
y | condition, process of |
rrhage | to burst forth |
rrhea | discharge |
sclerosis | hardness |
scope | examination instrument |