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suffixesMT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algersia -algia | pain |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cele | hernia; protrusion, swelling |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -cide | to kill |
| -clasis | break, fracture |
| -clysis | injection |
| -crit | to separate |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | fixation, binding (of a bone or joint) |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation; stretching, expansion |
| -ectomy | removal; excision |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -gen | born, or producing |
| -genesis, genic | producing, forming, origin |
| -glia | glue |
| -globin | protein |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| -gram | record, a writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| -ist | one who specializes |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesis | movement, motion |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | braking up; separation, destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | madness |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -mnesia | memory |
| -oid | like; resembling |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase |