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Suffixes Part 1
LO 3.2-3.4
Term | Definition |
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-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness |
-desis | binding, fusion |
-dynia | pain |
-esthesia | sensation |
-kinesia, -kinesis | movement |
-phobia | fear |
-phonia | sound |
-phoria | feeling, carrying |
-cele | hernia |
-cytosis | condition of cells |
-ectasia, -ectasis | expansion, dilation |
-edema | swelling |
-ema | condition |
-emesis | vomiting |
-iasis | pathological condition or state, presence of |
-ism | condition, disease |
-itis | inflammation |
-lepsy | seizures |
-leptic | pertaining to seizures |
-lithiasis | presence of stones |
-mania | mind |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-opia, -opsia | vision |
-paresis | slight paralysis, feeling of numbness and tingling |
-osis | condition, state, process |
-pathy | abnormal condition, disease process |
-penia | deficiency, small, fewer |
-philia | attraction, affinity for |
-phrenia | of the mind |
-phthisis | wasting away |
-physis | growing |
-plegia | paralysis |
-plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
-ptosis | falling down, drooping |
-rrhea | to flow or discharge |
-rrhagia | excessive bleeding (amount or frequency) |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-trophic | pertaining to nutrition |
-trophy | nutrition |
-malacia | softening |
-para | bearing, giving birth |
-parous | bearing, producing offspring |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phage, -phagia | eating, devouring |
-phasia | speaking |
-phoresis | carrying |
-plasia | formation, development, growth |
-plastic | forming |
-pnea | breath |
-poiesis | production, formation |
-poietic | pertaining to production |
-poietin | substance that produces |
-porosis | lessening in density |
-rrhage | discharge heavily |
-schisis | splitting |
-somnia | sleep |
-spasm | contraction |
-stalsis | contraction |
-stenosis | narrowing |