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Chapter 4 LOM
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -blast | embryonic; immature cell |
| -crine | secrete; separate |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -drome | to run |
| -fusion | to pour; to come together |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -lapse | slide; fall; sag |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| -mission | send |
| -or | one who |
| -meter | measure |
| -partum | birth; labor |
| -phoria | to bear; carry; feeling (mental state) |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasia | development; formation; growth |
| -plasm | formation; stucture |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | falling; drooping; prolapse |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -stasis | stopping; controlling; placing |
| -trophy | nourishment; development (condition of) |