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Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac, -al, -ar,-eal,-tic | Pertaining to |
| -ad | Toward, increase |
| -algesia | Sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | Pain |
| - ate | Something that... |
| -blast | Embryonic stage of development |
| -cele | Swelling or herniation |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture |
| -cide | To kill, destory |
| -clasis | Crushing or breaking up |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -e,-a | Noun ending |
| -eurasia,-ectasis | Stretching or dilation |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -er | One who |
| -esis | Condition of |
| -gen | That which generates |
| -genesis | Generating, formation |
| -genic | Pertaining to formation,producing |
| -gram | Record or picture |
| -graph | An instrument used to record |
| -graphy | The process of recording |
| -iasis | Presence of an abnormal condition |
| -ion | Action,process |
| -ism,-osis,-ia | Condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -lepsy | Seizure, attack |
| -lith | Stone |
| -lithiasis | Presence or formation of stones |
| -lysis | Destruction or detachment |
| -lytic | Destruction |
| -mania | A mental disorder, a "madness" |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -meter | An instrument used to measure |
| -metry | The process of measuring |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -opia, -opsia | Visual condition |
| -opsy | Process of viewing |
| -ory | Pertaining to, or characterized by (auditory) |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | Decrease in, deficiency |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -philia | Attraction to |
| - phobia | Abnormal fear |
| -plasia | Formation or development |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -ptosis | Drooping or prolaspe |
| -rrhagia | Excessive flow or discharge |
| -rrhaphy | Suturing |
| -rrhea | Discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -scope | An instrument used to view |
| -scopy | The process of viewing with a scope |
| -stasis | Stopping or controlling |
| -stomy | The surgical creation of a new opening |
| -tion | Process of |
| -tomy | Incision into |
| -trispy | Intentional crushing |
| -ula | Small , little |
| -ule | "Small one" |
| -uria | A characteristic of urine |
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