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white mod suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -para | to bear |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -salpinx | tube (fallopian, eustachian) |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | turning |