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Suffixes
Mode 3 White
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ception | conceiving |
| -cide | killing |
| -cision | a cutting |
| -cleisis | closure |
| -continence | to hold back |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -extomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, producing |
| -genisis | forming, producing |
| -grade | to go |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ician | specialist |
| -icterus | jaundice |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -ization | process(of) |
| -lith | stone or calculus |
| -logist | study of |
| -lysis | separation, destruction loosening |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal conditioning;increase of blood cells |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plexy | fixation of an organ |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation or production |
| -potence | power |
| -ptosis | downward displacement: prolaspe |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth(of) |
| -rrhage | bursting forth(of) |
| -rrhapy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | tube (usually the fallopian or eustachian(ear) tube) |
| -shisi | a splitting |
| -scope | instrument used for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spadias | slit, fissure |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tocia | childbirth labour |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | turning |
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