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Yellow Module
suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-al | pertaining |
-algia | pain |
-ar | pertaining |
-ary | pertaining |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
-cardia | heart condition |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-clysis | irrigation, washing |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-gram | record, writing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-lysis | destruction, separation, loosening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition, increase |
-osmia | smell |
-oxia | oxygen |
-pathy | disease |
-phonia | voice |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | instrument to examine |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-sphyxia | pulse |
-stasis | standing still |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-stomy | forming an opening |
-thorax | chest |
-tic | pertaining |
-tomy | incision |