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Suffixes
Suffix Terms for Quiz
Term | Definition |
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-algia | pain |
-ase | enzyme |
-crine | to secrete |
-ectomy | cut out, surgically remove |
-emia | blood |
-gen | producing |
-graph | writing |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ist | one who specializes in |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | denotes the academic study or practice of a certain field |
-lysis | splitting |
-meter | measure |
-oid | like, similar to |
-ole | small |
-opia | vision |
-osis | state of having or being |
-ostomy | opening |
-penia | absence or deficiency |
-plasm | fluid |
-plegia, -plexy | paralysis, stroke |
-phea, -pnoea | respiration |
-rrage | to burst forward, excessive discharge |
-rrhea, -rrhoea | flow |
-sect | cut |
-some, some | body |
-stomy | make an opening |
-tomy | cutting |
-trope | to turn |
-trophe | nourishment |
-ule, -ulus | small |