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Carnegie Suffixes
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Algesia | Pain |
| Algia | Pain |
| Arche | Beginning |
| Ase | Enzyme |
| Asthenia | Weakness |
| Capnia | Carbon dioxide |
| Cele | Hernia , protrusion, swelling |
| Centesis | Puncture |
| Cide | To kill |
| Clasis | Break, fracture |
| Clysis | Injection |
| Crit | Seperate |
| Cusis | Hearing |
| Cyesis | Pregnancy |
| Cyte | Cell |
| Desis | Fixation, binding |
| Dynia | Pain |
| Ectasis | Dilation, stretching, expansion |
| ectomy | removal, excision |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood |
| gen | born or producing |
| genesis, genic | producing, forming, origin |
| glia | glue |
| globin | protein |
| gnosis | knowledge |
| gram | record, a writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ia | condition |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| ic | pertaining to |
| icle | small |
| ist | one who specializes |
| itis | inflammation |
| kinesis | movement, motion |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | breaking up, separation, destruction |
| malacia | softening |
| mania | madness |
| megaly | enlargement |
| metry | act of measuring |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| mnesia | memory |
| oid | like, resembling |
| ole | small |
| oma | tumor |
| opia | vision |
| osis | abnormal |
| para | to bear |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| pathy | disease, emotion |
| penia | deficiency, decrease |
| pexy | fixation, to put in place |
| phagia | eat, swallow |
| phasia | speech |
| philia | attraction for |
| phobia | fear of |
| phonia | sound, voice |
| plasia | development, formation, growth |
| plasm | formation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | formation, production |
| ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
| ptysis | spitting |
| rrhage, rrhagia | burst forth |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scope | instrument for visual examination |
| scopy | visual inspection |
| spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| stasis | stopping, control, standing still |
| stenosis | stricture, narrowing |
| stomy | new opening, forming an opening |
| therapy | treatment |
| tome | instrument for cutting |
| tomy | incision, cut into |
| toxic | poison |
| tripsy | crushing |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| ula | small |
| ule | small |
| uria | urine |
| version | to turn |
| y | process |