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Anatomy Session 1
Common Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| algia, dynia | Pain |
| al, ar, ary,ous | Pertaining to |
| ase | Enzyme |
| blast | Embryonic cell |
| cele | Hernia, Swelling |
| centesis | Puncture |
| cephal | Pertaining to the head |
| chezia | Defecation |
| clasis | Break, Fracture, re-fracture |
| cyte | Pertaining to cells |
| desis | Binding or fusion |
| ectasia,ectasis | Dilation, expansion |
| ectomy | Excision, removal |
| emesis | Vomiting |
| emia | Blood condition |
| genic, gen, genesis | Forming, producing, origin |
| gram | A record of data |
| graph | Instrument for recording data |
| graphy | Act of recording data |
| ia, ism, y | Condition |
| itis | Inflammation |
| lith | Stone, calculus |
| logy | Study of |
| lysis | Destruction, separation |
| malacia | Softening |
| megaly | Enlargement |
| metry | Act of measuring |
| oid | Resembling |
| oma | Tumor |
| osis, iasis, | Abnormal condition |
| pathy | Disease |
| penia | Deficiency |
| pepsia | Digestion |
| pexy | Fixation (of an organ) |
| phagia | Eating, Swallowing |
| phasia | Speech |
| plasty | Surgical Repair |
| plegia | Paralysis |
| poiesis | Formation, production |
| rrhaphy | Suture |
| rrhage, rrhagia | Bursting Forth |
| rrhea | Flowing |
| rrhexis | Rupture |
| scope | Instrument to view or examine |
| scopy | Visual Examination |
| somnia | Sleep |
| spasm | Involuntary Contraction, twitching |
| stasis | Standing Still |
| stenosis | Narrowing, stricture |
| stomy | Surgical creation of an opening |
| tomy | Incision, cutting |
| tripsy | Crushing |
| trophy | Development, nourishment |