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Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ase | Enzyme |
| -blast | Budding |
| -centesis | Surgical Puncture |
| -cidal | Causing Death |
| -crit | To separate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -clast | broken |
| -ectomy | Excision or Surgical Removal |
| -emia | Blood Condition |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -gen, -genesis, -genic | Producing |
| -glia | Glue |
| -gram | Something Written |
| -ia | Condition of, Diseased or Abnormal State |
| -iac, -ic, -ior | Pertaining to |
| -ism | State of |
| -itia, -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Study of |
| -lyte | Dissolvable |
| -lytic | Destroy; Reduce |
| -mania | Madness or Insane Desire |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -odia | Smell |
| -ologist | One who studies and practices |
| -oma | Tumor or swelling |
| -opia | Vision |
| -opsy | To view |
| -orrhea | Flow, Excessive discharge |
| -orrhexis | Rupture |
| -osis | Abnormal Increase in production |
| -ostomy | Creation of an Artificial Opening |
| -otomy | Cut into or Incision |
| -oxia | Oxygen |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -scope | Instrument used for Visual examination |
| -scopy | Visual Examination |
| -sepsis | Infection |
| -spam | Sudden involuntary Muscle Contaction |
| -stasis | Control or stop |
| -tomy | Cutting |
| -tropic | Influencing |
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