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Suffixes
Common Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ous, tic | pertaining to |
| algia, cynia | pain |
| asthenia | without strength |
| cele | pouching or hernia |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| ectomy | removal |
| edema | swelling |
| ema | condition |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| esthenia | lack of sensation |
| genic | origin or production |
| gram | record |
| graph | recording instrument |
| graphy | recording process |
| ia, ism | condition of |
| iasis | condition, formation of |
| iatry | treatment |
| icle,ole, ula, ule | small |
| itis | inflammation |
| ium | tissue or structure |
| lepsy | seizure |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| logy, ology | study of |
| lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | measuring instrument |
| metry | measuring process |
| mycosis | fungal infection |
| oid | resembling |
| oma | tumor |
| opia, opsia | vision |
| osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| osmia | smell |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease |
| pepsia | digestion |
| phagia | swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| philia | attraction for |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | formation, development |
| plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| pnea | breathing |
| scopy | examination |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| stasis | stop or stand |
| tocia | childbirth, labor |
| tomy | incision |
| toxic | poison |
| tropea | to turn |
| tropic | stimulate |
| trophy | nutrition, growth |
| y | condition, process of |
| rrhage | to burst forth |
| rrhea | discharge |
| sclerosis | hardness |
| scope | examination instrument |