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MT *Suffixes
| Suffix | Definition |
|---|---|
| able/ible | capable of |
| ac/al/an/ar/ary/eal/ic/ive/tic | pertaining to |
| ase | enzyme |
| algia | pain |
| cele | hernia |
| centesis | procedure to aspirate fluid |
| ectasia/ectasis | dilation |
| ectomy | excision or removal |
| edema | swelling |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood |
| genic/genesis | beginning/producing |
| gram | record |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ia/iasis | condition |
| ism | condition |
| ist | one who |
| itis | inflammation |
| ium | membrane |
| kinesia/kinesis | movement/motion |
| logist | specialist |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | loosening/freeing/breaking apart/destroying |
| lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| malacia | softening |
| mania | preoccupation |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | instrument to measure |
| metry | process of measuring |
| oid | resembling |
| oma | tumor |
| opia | vision |
| ose | sugar |
| osis | condition |
| ous | pertaining to/characterized by |
| pathy | disease or abnormality |
| penia | deficiency |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| phagia/gic/gy | eating/swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| phobia | abnormal fear |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| rrhage/rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| rrhea | flow or discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scopy | examination with an instrument |
| spasm | twitching |
| stasis | stopping |
| stomy | forming of an opening |
| tome | an instrument for cutting |
| tomy | incision (cutting into) |
| tripsy | surgical crushing |
| trophic/trophy | nutrition |