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Suffix 2
Meaning
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -ist | one who specializes |
| -itic | pertaining to |
| -itis | imflammation |
| -ium | structure |
| -ization | process |
| -kine | movement |
| -lalia | condition of babbling |
| -lapse | to fall; to slide; to sag |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lithotomy | incision for removal of a stone |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | seperation;breakdown;destruction |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction; to destroy; to reduce |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | state of mental disorder |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -metry | process of measurement |
| -mission | sending |
| -oid | full of; resembling |
| -oma | tumor;mass;swelling |
| -opia | visual |
| -opsia | vision |
| -opsy | viewing |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ose | carbohydrate |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -para | labor; delivery |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease process |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | fixation; suspension |
| -phagia | condition of swallowing; eating |
| -philia | tendency; attraction |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | growth |
| -plakia | condition of plaque |
| -plasia | development; formation |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -ptosis | drooping; prolapse |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | bursting forth of blood |
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