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suffixes
combining forms-red module
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -crine | secrete |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -duction | act of leading, bringing, conducting |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, producing |
| -genesis | forming, producing |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ice | noun ending |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | seperation, destruction, loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | view of |
| -ose | pertaining to, sugar |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasia | fromation, growth |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -tomy | incision |
| -toxic | pertaining to poison |
| -tropin | stimulate |
| -uria | urine |