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8.2 Suffixes
Suffixes of Female Reproductive System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ad | toward; in the direction of |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -amnios | amniotic fluid |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ant | pertaining to |
| -ante | forward; before |
| -ancy | state of |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | a beginning |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ation | a process; being or having |
| -body | a structure or thing |
| -centesis | procedure to puncture |
| -cele | hernia |
| -cyte | cell |
| -duct | duct (tube) |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -emesis | condition of vomiting |
| -emia | condition of the blood; substance in the blood |
| -emic | pertaining to a condition of the blood or substance in the blood |
| -ery | process of |
| -esis | a process |
| -form | having the form of |
| -gen | that which produces |
| -gram | a record or picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -ia | condition;state; thing |
| -iasis | state of; process of |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ician | a skilled professional or expert |
| -in | a substance |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ion | action; condition |
| -ist | someone who specializes in |
| -itis | inflammation of; infection of |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -ization | process of making, creating, or inserting |
| -logy | the study of |
| -ment | action; state |
| -nate | thing that is born |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ol | chemical substance |
| -oma (pl.-omata) | tumor; mass |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -or | person or thing that produces or does |
| -ory | having the function of |
| -osis | condition; abnormal condition; process |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pause | cessation |
| -pexy | process of surgically fixing in place |
| -plasty | process of reshaping by surgery |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -probe | rodlike instrument |
| -rrhaphy | procedure of suturing |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -salpinx | uterine (fallopian) tube |
| -scope | process of using an instrument to examine |
| -sis | process; condition; abnormal condition |
| -some | a body |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |
| -ule | small thing |
| -um | a structure; period of time |
| -verse | to travel; to turn |
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