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chapter 4
suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| algia | pain |
| asthenia | weakness |
| desis | binding |
| dynia | pain |
| esthesia | sensation |
| kinesia | movement |
| kinesis | movement |
| phobia | fear |
| phonia | sound |
| phoria | feeling, carrying |
| cele | hernia |
| cytosis | condition of cells |
| ectasia | expansion, dilation |
| ectasis | expanding, kilating |
| edema | swelling |
| ema | condition |
| emesis | vomiting |
| iasis | pathological condition or state, presence of |
| ism | condition, disease |
| itis | inflammation |
| lepsy | seizures |
| leptic | pertaining to seizures |
| lithiasis | presence of stones |
| mania | obsession, madness |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| opia | vision |
| opsia | vision |
| osis | condition, state, process |
| paresis | slight paralysis, feeling of numbness and tingling |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | deficiency, small, fewer |
| philia | attraction, affinity for |
| phrenia | of the mnid |
| phthisis | wasting away |
| physis | growing |
| plegia | paralysis |
| plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
| ptosis | falling down, drooping |
| rrhea | to flow or discharge |
| rrhagia | excessive bleeding |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| trophic | pertaining to nutrition |
| trophy | nutrtion |
| blast | immature, forming |
| cidal | destroying, killing |
| cide | destroying, killing |
| crine | secreting |
| malacia | softening |
| para | bearing |
| parous | producing, bearing |
| pepsia | digestion |
| phage, phagia | eating, devouring |
| phagy | swallowing |
| phasia | speaking |
| phoresis | carrying |
| plasia | formation, development, growth |
| plastic | forming |
| pnea | breath |
| poiesis | production, formation |
| poietic | pertaining to production |
| poietin | substance that produces |
| para | bearing |
| porosis | lessening in density |
| rrhage | dischargingheavily |
| rrhea | a flowing, a flux |
| schisis | splitting |
| somnia | sleep |
| spasm | contraction |
| stalsis | contraction |
| stasis | stopping, constant |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| cyte | cell |
| derma | skin |
| emia | blood |
| emic | relating to blood |
| globin | protein |
| globulin | protein |
| oxia | oxygen |
| plakia | plaque |
| plasm | thing formed |
| uria | urine |
| ectomy | removal of part or all of an organ or body part |
| lysis | destruction of |
| lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| ostomy | opening to the outside of the body |
| pexy | fixation, usually done surgically |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| static, stasis | maintaining a state |
| stomy | opening |
| tome | cutting instrument, segment |
| tomy | cutting operation |
| crit | separate |
| gen | producer |
| genesis | origin |
| genic | produced by |
| gram | a recording |
| graph | recording instrument |
| graphy | process of recording |
| meter | measuring device |
| metry | measurement |
| opsy | view of |
| pheresis | removal |
| phil | attraction, affinity for |
| scope | instrument |
| scopy | use of an instrument for observing |
| ad | toward |
| clasis | breaking |
| clast | breaking instrument |
| form | in the shape of |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ics | treatment, practice, body of knowledge |
| logist | one who studies |
| logy | study, practice |
| oid | like, resembling |
| phylaxis | protection, prevention |
| plegic | one who is paralyzed |
| stat | agent to maintain a state of equilibrium |
| tropia | turning |
| tropic | turning toward |
| tropy | attracted to target structures |
| version | turning |
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