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Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-ac, -al, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining-algia to, relating to |
algia | pain |
-ate | having, resembling, acting upon |
-cele | protrusion, hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-cle, -cule | small |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | cutting out |
-emisis | vomit |
-emia | blood condition |
-ent, -er, -ist, -or | person or agent |
-esis, -ia, -iasis, -osis | state or condition |
-form, -oid | resembling, shaped like |
-genesis | development, origin |
-gram, -graphy | recording, written record |
-graph | instrument that records |
-ible, -ile | capable, able |
-itis | inflamattion |
-ize | use, subject to |
-lysis | seperation ro breakdown |
-logy | science, study of |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumour |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency or lack of |
-pexy | fixation |
-phage, phagy | eating |
-phobia | abnormal fear |
-plasia, -plastic, -plasty | forming, changing, growing |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhaphy | suturing in place |
-rrhagia, --rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | act of examining |
-stomy | surgical opening |
-tome | instrument for cutting |
-tomy | cutting, incision |