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Body Process
Suffixes related to body processes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -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 |