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Suffix 2
Meaning
Suffix | Meaning |
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-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 |