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Anatomy suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| algesia, algia | pain |
| arche | beginning |
| ase | enzyme |
| asthenia | weakness |
| capnia | carbon dioxide |
| cele | hernia |
| centesis | puncture |
| cide | to kill |
| clasis | break, fracture |
| clysis | injection |
| crit | to separate |
| cusis | hearing |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| cyte | cell |
| desis | fixation |
| dynia | pain |
| ectasis | dilation, stretching |
| ectomy | removal |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood |
| gen, genesis, genic | born or producing |
| glia | glue |
| globin | protein |
| gnosis | knowledge |
| gram | record, writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ia | condition |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| ic | pertaining to |
| icle | small |
| ist | one who specializes |
| itis | inflammation |
| kinesis | movement, motion |
| lith | stone |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | breaking up, separate |
| malacia | softening |
| mania | madness |
| megaly | enlargement |
| metry | act of measuring |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| mnesia | memory |
| oid | like, resembling |
| ole | small |
| oma | tumor |
| opia | vision |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| para | to bear |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | deficiency |
| pexy | fixation |
| phagia | eat or swallow |
| phasia | speech |
| philia | attraction |
| phobia | fear of |
| phonia | sound or voice |
| plasia | development, growth |
| plasm | formation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | formation |
| ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
| ptysis | spitting |
| rrhage, rrhagia | burst forth |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| rrhapy | suture |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scope | instrument for visual inspection |
| scopy | visual inspection |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| stasis | stopping, standing still |
| stenosis | stricture, narrowing |
| stomy | new opening |
| therapy | treatment |
| tome | instrument for cutting |
| tomy | incision, cut into |
| toxic | poison |
| tripsy | crushing |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| ula, ule | small |
| uria | urine |
| version | to turn |
| y | process |