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Suffixes #2
-malacia to -zyme
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -malacia | soft |
| -mania | obsession, compulsion |
| -nata | birth |
| -nom | govern |
| -odyn | pain |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | defect of the eye |
| -ory | referring to, of |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phil, -philo | like, love |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phragm | partition |
| -phylax | guard, preserve |
| -plas | grow |
| -plasm | form, shape |
| -plasty | reconstruction of a part, plastic surgery |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhagia | abnormal or excessive discharge |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -scope | instrument used for examination |
| -some | body |
| -sorb | suck in |
| -stalsis | compression |
| -stasis | arrest, fixation |
| -stitia | come to stand |
| -stomy | establishment of an artificial opening |
| -tegm | cover |
| -tomy | to cut |
| -trud | thrust |
| -ty | condition of, state |
| -uria | urine |
| -zyme | ferment |