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Ch. 5 B/L/I Systems
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al, -ar, -ic, -ical, -tic | pertaining to |
| -ation | process, condition |
| -blast | developing cell |
| -crit | to separate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -e | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| -fusion | to pour; to come together |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -globulin | protein |
| -ia | condition |
| in, -ine | chemical; chemical compound; substance |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
| -lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | eat; swallow |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -phil, -philia | love; attraction for |
| -phoresis | transmission; carrying |
| -plasm | formation; structure |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -rrhage | rupture; bursting forth (of blood) |
| -sis | state; condition |
| -stasis | stoppage of flow |
| -suppression | to stop |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
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