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Stack #157971
RCCC Suffixes
Question | Answer |
---|---|
-al,-ac | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-aps,-apt | fit;fasten |
-arche | beginning;origin |
-ase | signifies an enzyme |
-blast | bud or germ |
-centesis | a piercing |
-cide | to kill |
-clast | break;destroy |
-crine | release;secrete |
-ectomy | a cutting out |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | refers to blood condition |
-flux | flow |
-gen | an agent that initiates |
-genesis | creation;production |
-gram | something written |
-graphy | to write;draw |
-hydrate | containing water |
-ia,-sia | condition;process |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ic,-ac | pertaining to |
-in | signifies a protein |
-ism | signifies "condition of" |
-itis | signifies "inflammation of" |
-lemma | rind;peel |
-lepsy | seizure |
-lith | stone;rock |
-logy | study of |
-lunar | moon;moonlike |
-lysis | breaking down |
-malacia | softening |
-mania | compulsion |
-megaly | enlargement |
-metric,-metry | measurement;length |
-oid | like;in the shape of |
-oma | tumor |
-opia | vision;vision condition |
-oscopy | viewing |
-ose | signifies a carbohydrate |
-osis | condition;process |
-ostomy | formation of an opening |
-otomy | cut |
-penia | lack |
-philic | loving |
-phobic | fearing |
-phragm | partition |
-plasia | growth;formation |
-plasm | form;shape |
-plasty | shape;make |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breath;breathing |
-(r)rhage | excessive discharge |
-(r)rhaphy | sew;suture |
-(r)rhea | flow |
-some | body |
-tensin,-tension | pressure |
-tonic | pressure;tension |
-tomy | to cut |
-tripsy | crushing |
-ule | small;little |
-uria | refers to urine condition |