Suffixes Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-arche | beginning |
-ary | pertaining to |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-ception | conceiving |
-cide | killing |
-cision | a cutting |
-cleisis | closure |
-continence | to hold back |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-extomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | forming, producing |
-genisis | forming, producing |
-grade | to go |
-gram | record, writing |
-gravida | pregnant woman |
-ia | condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ician | specialist |
-icterus | jaundice |
-ism | condition |
-itis | inflamation |
-ization | process(of) |
-lith | stone or calculus |
-logist | study of |
-lysis | separation, destruction loosening |
-megaly | enlargment |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal conditioning;increase of blood cells |
-para | to bear (offspring) |
-pathy | disease |
-plexy | fixation of an organ |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-poiesis | formation or production |
-potence | power |
-ptosis | downward displacement: prolaspe |
-rrhagia | bursting forth(of) |
-rrhage | bursting forth(of) |
-rrhapy | suture |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-salpinx | tube (usually the fallopian or eustachian(ear) tube) |
-shisi | a splitting |
-scope | instrument used for examining |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spadias | slit, fissure |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-therapy | treatment |
-tocia | childbirth labour |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-uria | urine |
-version | turning |
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