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SUFFIXES
Question | Answer |
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-ad | toward,increase |
-algesia | sensitivity to pain |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-cyte | cell |
-dynia | pain |
-ectasia | stretching or dilation |
-cide | to kill;to destroy |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-ography | the process of recording |
-genesis | generating;formation |
-iatrist | one who treats;a physician |
-ion | action,process |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-cele | swelling or herniation |
-ar | pertaining to |
-itis | inflammation |
-lepsy | seizure,attack |
-lith | stone |
-lithiasis | presence of formation of stones |
-logy | the study of |
-ologist | one who specializes in the study of |
-lysis | destruction or detachment |
-mania | mental disorder; a "madness" |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | an instrument used to measure |
-metery | the process of measuring |
-oid | resembling |
-ole | small or little |
-oma | tumor |
-opia | visual condition |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease in;deficiency |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-philia | attracted to |
-phobia | abnormal fear |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | drooping or prolapse |
-rrhaphy | suturing |
-rrhea | discharge,flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-tomy | incision into |
-stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening |
-tripsy | intentional crushing |
-ate | something that... |
-er | one who |
-ism | condition |
-tion | process of |
-ician | speciallist in a field of study |
-scopy | the process of viewing through a scope |
-blast | embryonic stage of development |
-clasis | crushing or breaking up |
-desis | binding or surgical fusion |
-gravida | pregnancy |
-us | a suffix that identifies singular nouns |