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sufix p-y
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| -penia | deficiency, decrease |
| -pexy | fixation; to put in place (of an organ) |
| -phagia | eat;swallow |
| -phasia | speech |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -phonia | sound; voice |
| -plasia | development; formation, growth |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse, downward displacement |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage, rrhagia | burst forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual inspection |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stasis | stopping; control, standing still |
| -stenosis | stricture; narrowing |
| -stomy | new opening, forming an opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tome | instrument for cutting |
| -tomy | incision, cut into |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment;development |
| -ula | small |
| -ule | small |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | to turn |
| -y | process |