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Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to OR state or condition |
| -al | pertaining to OR state or condition |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to OR state or condition |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to OR state or condition |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to OR state or condition |
| -tic | pertaining to OR state or condition |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out |
| -pexy | suture to stabalize, fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -stomy | surgically created opening |
| -tomy | cutting into |
| -tome | instrument for` |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas |
| -gram | record of |
| -graph | instrument that records |
| -graphy | procedure that records |
| -lysis | separation or breakdown |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | procedure to vusually examine |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -rrhagia or -rrhage | bursting forth or excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | to suture |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | protrusion |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -form | resembling, shaped like |
| -genesis | beginning process, development, origin |
| -ible or -ile or -able | capable, able |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | science, study of |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -osis | abnormal condition OR state or condition |
| -oid | like or resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency of, lack of |
| -phagia or -phagy | eating, devouring |
| -phobia | abnormal fear of |
| -plasia | forming, growing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -um | structure |
| -ule | small |
| -us | state or condition |
| -e | state or condition |
| -ia | state or condition |
| -y | state or condition |
| -ism | state or condition |