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Chapter 1-4 Suffix
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ac | Pertaining to |
| al | Pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| cyte | Cell |
| ectomy | Excision, removal |
| emia | Blood condition |
| genic | Pertaining to, producing |
| globin | Protein |
| gram | Record |
| ic, ical | Pertaining to |
| ion | Process |
| ist | Specialist |
| itis | Inflammation |
| logy | Process of study |
| oma | Tumor, mass, swelling |
| opsy | Process of viewing |
| osis | Condition, usually abnormal |
| pathy | Disease condition |
| penia | Deficiency |
| phobia | Fear |
| plasia | Development, formation, growth |
| plasty | Surgical repair |
| ptosis | Falling, dropping |
| sclerosis | Hardening |
| scope | Instrument for visual examination |
| scopy | Process of visual examination |
| stasis | Stopping, controlling |
| stomy | Opening to form a mouth |
| therapy | treatment |
| tomy | Incision, cutting into |
| trophy | Development |
| er | One who |
| ia | Condition |
| ist | Specialist |
| ole | Little, small |
| ule | Little, small |
| um, ium | Structure, tissue |
| us | Structure, substance |
| y | Condition, process |
| ac, iac | Pertaining to |
| al | Pertaining to |
| ar | Pertaining to |
| ary | Pertaining to |
| eal | Pertaining to |
| genic | Pertaining to producing |
| ic, ical | Pertaining to |
| oid | Resembling |
| ose | Full of |
| ous | Pertaining to |
| tic | Pertaining to |
| blast | Embryonic, immature |
| crine | To secrete |
| cyesis | Pregnancy |
| drome | To run |
| fusion | coming together |
| gen | Substance that produces |
| lapse | To slide, fall, sag |
| lysis | Breakdown, destruction |
| meter | To measure |
| mission | To send |
| or | One who |
| partum | Birth, labor |
| phoria | Feeling, carry |
| physis | To grow |
| plasia | Development, formation, growth |
| plasm | Structure or formation |
| pnea | Breathing |
| ptosis | Falling, dropping, prolapse |
| rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| stasis | Stopping, controlling |
| trophy | Development |