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suffixes chp 3
suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-A | A NOUN ENDING |
-AC | PERTAINING TO |
-AD | TOWARD, INCREASE |
-AL | PERTAINING TO |
-ALGESIA | SENSITIVITY TO PAIN |
-ALGIA | PAIN |
-AR | PERTAINING TO |
-ARY | PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO |
-ATE | SOMETHING THAT |
-BLAST | EMBRYONIC STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT |
-CELE | SWELLING OR HERNIATION |
-CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE |
-CIDE | TO KILL, TO DESTROY |
-CLASIS | CRUSHING, OR BREAKING UP |
-CYTE | CELL |
-DESIS | BINDING OR SURGICAL FUSION |
-DYNIA | PAIN |
-E | A NOUN ENDING |
-EAL | PERTAINING TO |
-ECTASIA | STRETCHING OR DILATATION |
-ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL |
-EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
-ER | ONE WHO |
-GENESIS | GENERATING, FORMATION |
-GENIC | PERTAINING TO, FORMATION, PRODUCING |
-GRAM | RECORD OR PICTURE |
-GRAPH | AN INSTRUMENT USED TO RECORD |
-GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
-GRAVIDA | PREGNANCY |
-IA | CONDITION(A NOUN ENDING) |
-IAN | SPECIALIST IN A FIELD OF STUDY |
-ION | ACTION, PROCESS |
-ISM | CONDITION |
-ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
-IZE | TO MAKE, TO TREAT OR COMBINE WITH |
-LEPSY | SEIZURE, ATTACK |
-LITH | STONE |
-LITHIASIS | PRESENCE OR FORMATION OF STONES |
-LOGY | THE STUDY OF |
-LOGIST | ONE WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE STUFY OF |
-LYSIS | DESTRUCTION OR DETACHMENT |
-LYTIC | DESTRUTION |
-MANIA | A MENTAL DISORDER, A "MADDNESS" |
-MEGALY | ENLARGMENT |
-METER | AN INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE |
-METRY | THE PROCESS OF MEASURING |
-OID | RSEMBLING |
-OLE | SMALL OR LITTLE |
-OMA | TUMOR |
-OPIA | VISUAL CONDITION |
-PATHY | DISEASE |
-PENIA | DECREASE IN, DEFICIENCY |
-PEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION |
-PHILIA | ATTRACTED TO |
-PHOBIA | ABNORMAL FEAR |
-PLASIA | FORMATION OR DEVELOPMENT |
-PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
-PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
-PNEA | BREATHING |
-PTOSI | DROOPING OR PROLAPSE |
-RRHAGIA | EXCESSIVE FLOW OR DISCHARGE |
-RRHAPHY | SUTURING |
-RRHEA | DISCHARGE, FLOW |
-RRHEXIS | RUPTURE |
-SCOPE | AN INSTRUMENT USED TO VIEW |
-SCOPY | THE PROCESS OF VIEWING WITH A SCOPE |
-STASIS | STOPPING OR CONTROLLING |
-STOMY | THE SURGICAL CREATION OF A NEW OPENING |
-TIC | PERTAINING TO |
-TION | PROCESS OF |
-TOMY | INCISION INTO |
-TRIPSY | INTENTIONAL CRUSHING |
-ULA | SMALL, LITTLE |
-ULE | "SMALL ONE" |
-UM | A SUFFIX THAT IDENTIFIES SINGULAR NOUNS |
-URIA | A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE URINE |
-US | A SUFFIX THAT IDENTIFIES SINGULAR NOUNS |
-Y | A NOUN ENDING |