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Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-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 |