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Body Process
Suffixes related to body processes
Term | Definition |
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-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 | discharging heavily |
-rrhea | a flowing, a flux |
-schisis | splitting |
-somnia | sleep |
-spasm | contraction |
-stalsis | contraction |
-stasis | stopping,constant |
-stenosis | narrowing |