| Question |
Answer |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -schisis | split, fissure |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sepsis | infection |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stasis | control, stop |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tome | instrument for |
| -tomy | cutting, incision |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -ule | little |
| -ac -al -ic -ar -ial -ary -ous -tic -eal | pertaining to, related to, located in |
| -agra | excessive pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -ate | use, subject to |
| -atresia | absence of normal body opening |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cele | protrusion, hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cidal | killing |
| -clasia -clast | break |
| -cle -cule -ole -ola -ule -ulum -ulus | small |
| -clysis | irrigation, washint |
| -coccus -coccis | berry shaped |
| -crit | to separate |
| -crine | separate, secrete |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixation |
| -drome | run, running |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -ectopic | displacement |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ent-er-ist-or | person or agent |
| -esis -ia -a -ism -ity -y -osis -tion -sis -iasis -sia | state or condition, disease |
| -form -oid | resembling, shaped like |
| -gen -genic | producing, causing |
| -genesis | beginning, origin |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument that records |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iac | person afflicted with |
| -ible -ile | capable, able |
| -ician | one who |
| -ictal | seizure, attack |
| -ist -ologist | a specialist in |
| -ites -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | membrane |
| -ize | use, subject to |
| -logy | science, study of |
| -lysis -lytic | destry, separation |
| -ma -mat | disease, condition |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | madness |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -metor | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| -morph | form, shape |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opsy | to view |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficient, lack of |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy -pexis | fixation storing |
| -phagia -phagy | eating, swallowing |
| -philia -phily | love |
| -phobia | abnormal fear, intolerance |
| -phonia | pertaining to sound |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasia -plasm | formation, development |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -porosis | passage |
| -prandial | meal |
| -praxia | in front of, before |
| -ptosis | drooping, downward displacement |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | suturing in place |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
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