| Question |
Answer |
| ad |
toward |
| algia |
pain |
| asthenia |
weakness |
| blast |
immature, forming |
| cele |
hernia |
| cidal |
destroying, killing |
| cide |
destroying, killing |
| clasis |
breaking |
| clast |
breaking instrument |
| crine |
secreting |
| crit |
separate |
| cyte |
cell |
| cytosis |
condition of cells |
| derma |
skin |
| desis |
binding |
| dynia |
pain |
| ectasia |
expansion; dilation |
| ectasis |
expanding; dilating |
| ectomy |
removal of |
| edema |
swelling |
| ema |
condition |
| emesis |
vomiting |
| -emia |
blood |
| -emic |
relating to blood |
| esthesia |
sensation |
| form |
in the shape of |
| gen |
producing, coming to be |
| genesis |
production of |
| genic |
producing |
| globin |
protein |
| globulin |
protein |
| gram |
a recording |
| graph |
recording instrument |
| graphy |
process of recording |
| iasis |
pathological condition or state |
| ic |
pertaining to |
| ics |
treatment, practice, body of knowledge |
| -ism |
condition, disease, doctrine |
| -itis (pl. -itides) |
inflammation |
| -kinesia |
movement |
| -kinesis |
movement |
| -lepsy |
condition of |
| -leptic |
having seizures |
| -logist |
one who practices |
| -logy |
study, practice |
| -lysis |
destruction of |
| -lytic |
destroying |
| -malacia |
softening |
| -mania |
obsession |
| -megaly |
enlargement |
| -meter |
measuring device |
| -metry |
measurement |
| -oid |
like, resembling |
| -oma (pl.-omata) |
tumor, neoplasm |
| -opia |
vision |
| -opsia |
vision |
| -opsy |
view of |
| -osis (pl. -oses) |
condition, state, process |
| -ostomy |
opening |
| -oxia |
oxygen |
| -para |
bearing |
| -paresis |
slight paralysis |
| -parous |
producing; bearing |
| -pathy |
disease |
| -penia |
deficiency |
| -pepsia |
digestion |
| -pexy |
fixation, usually done surgically |
| -phage, -phagia, -phagy |
eating, devouring |
| -phasia |
speaking |
| -pheresis |
removal |
| -phil |
attraction; affinity for |
| -philia |
attraction; affinity for |
| -phobia |
fear |
| -phonia |
sound |
| -phoresis |
carrying |
| -phoria |
feeling; carrying |
| -phrenia |
of the mind |
| -phthisis |
wasting away |
| -phylaxis |
protection |
| -physis |
growing |
| -plakia |
plaque |
| -plasia |
formation |
| -plasm |
formation |
| -plastic |
forming |
| -plasty |
surgical repair |
| -plegia |
paralysis |
| -plegic |
one who is paralyzed |
| -pnea |
breath |
| -poiesis |
formation |
| -poietic |
forming |
| -porosis |
lessening in density |
| -ptosis |
falling down; drooping |
| -rrhage |
discharging heavily |
| -rrhagia |
heavy discharge |
| -rrhaphy |
surgical suturing |
| -rrhea |
a flowing, a flux |
| -rrhexis |
rupture |
| -schisis |
splitting |
| -scope |
instrument (especially one used for observing or measuring) |
| -scopy |
use of an instrument for observing |
| -somnia |
sleep |
| -spasm |
contraction |
| -stalsis |
contraction |
| -static |
stopping; constant |
| -stenosis |
narrowing |
| -stomy |
opening |
| -tome |
cutting instrument |
| -tomy |
cutting operation |
| -trophic |
nutritional |
| -trophy |
nutrition |
| -tropia |
turning |
| -tropic |
turning toward |
| -tropy |
condition of turning toward |
| -uria |
urine |
| -version |
turning |