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Suffixes
BIO 186 A & P Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| all, a | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| aps, apt | fit, fasten |
| arche | beginning, origin |
| ase | signifies an enzyme |
| blast | sprout, make |
| centesis | a piercing |
| cide | to kill |
| clast | break, destroy |
| crine | release, secrete |
| ectomy | a cutting out |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | refers to blood conditions |
| flux | flow |
| gen | creates, flow |
| genesis | creation, production |
| gram | something written |
| graphy | to write, draw |
| hydrate | containing water |
| ia, sia | condition, process |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| ic, ac | pertaining to |
| in | signifies a protein |
| ism | signifies "condition of" |
| itis | signifies "inflammation of" |
| lemma | rind, peel |
| lepsy | seizure |
| lith | stone, rock |
| logy | study of |
| lunar | moon, moonlike |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| metric, metry | measurement, length |
| oid | like, in the shape of |
| oma | tumor |
| opia | vision, vision condition |
| oscopy | viewing |
| ose | signififies a carbohydrate |
| osis | condition, process |
| ostomy | formation of an opening |
| otomy | cut |
| penia | lack |
| philic | loving |
| phobic | fearing |
| phragm | partition |
| plasia | growth, formation |
| plasm | substance, matter |
| plasty | shape, make |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breath, breathing |
| rhage, rha | breaking out, discharge |
| rhaphy | sew, suture |
| rhea | flow |
| some | body |
| tensin, tension | pressure |
| tonic | pressure, tension |
| uie | small, little |
| uria | refers to urine condition |