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Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -asthenia | without feeling or sensation |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -(r)rhaphy | suture |
| -opia | vision |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -tonia | muscle tone |
| -pod | foot |
| -coccus | round |
| -tropia;-tropian | to turn;turning |
| -cusis;-cusia | hearing |
| -tropin | stimulating effect of a hormone |
| -metry | to measure |
| -ectomy | surgical removal;excision |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -arche | beginning;onset |
| -desis | binding together |
| -phasia | speech |
| -tripsy | crushing;friction |
| -(o)stomy | create a new opening |
| -(o)tomy | incision into |
| -estasia;-ectasis | stretching;dilation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -algia | pain |
| -scope | instrument of viewing |
| -oid | like;resembling |
| -cele | hernia;herniation |
| -(r)rhexis | rupture |
| -(r)hage;-(r)rhagia | bursting forth of blood |
| -ptysis | spitting up |
| -tropin | nourish;develop;stimulate |
| -stenosis | narrowing;tightening |
| -ia;-iasis | abnormal condition |
| -tresia | opening |
| -gram | record;picture |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -crit | to separate |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -globin;-globulin | protein |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cytosis | condition of cells |
| -stasis | control;stop |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -lysis;-lytic | breakdown;destruction |
| -gen;-genesis;-genic | forming;producting |
| -phoresis | carrying;transmission |
| -oma | tumor |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -ptosis | drooping;sagging;prolapse |
| -thorax | chest;pleural cavity |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -trophy | growth;development |
| -(r)rhea | flow;discharge |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -spasm | contraction;twitching |
| -phoria | feeling;mental state |
| -cyte | cell |
| -phagia | eating;swallowing |
| -(o)logist | specialist |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -ac;-al;-ar;-ary | pertaining to |
| -(o)olgy | study of |
| -phonia | voice;sound |
| -iac;-ic | pertaining to |
| -dynia | pain |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -version | to turn |
| -tocia | labor;birth |
| -penia | decreased number |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -pnea | breathing |
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