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Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ac, al | pertaining to |
| blast | immature |
| cyte | cell |
| gram | record |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | processof measuring |
| iatric | treatment |
| iatry | study of |
| ology | study of |
| ologist | specialist |
| icle | small |
| ule | small |
| ium/eum | tissue or structure |
| ize | make, use |
| ate | make, use |
| or | one who |
| poiesis | formation |
| scope | instrument for examining |
| scopy | examination |
| stasis | stop or stand |
| centesis | puncture |
| desis | binding |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| pexy | suspension |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| stomy | surgical creation of an artificial opening |
| tomy | incision |
| tripsy | crushing |
| algia | pain |
| dynia | pain |
| cele | pouch, sac |
| emesis | vomit |
| emia | condition of blood |
| form | like or resembling |
| oid | like |
| genic | beginning |
| genesis | production |
| ia, ism | condition of |
| iasis | formation of |
| itis | inflammation |
| lysis | breaking down |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | condition |
| penia | abnormal reduction |
| phage | eat |
| phile | attraction for; love for |
| phobia | fear of |
| plasia | formation |
| pnea | breathing |
| ptosis | drooping |
| rrhage | to burst forth |
| rrhea | discharge or flow |
| rrhexis | rupture or breaking |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| trophy | development |