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Suffixes
Suffixes - 1, 3, 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al or -eal | Pertaining to |
| -algia | Pain |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -ectomy | Cutting out, Removal, Excision |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -globin | Protein |
| -gram | Record |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -ism | Condition, Process |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logist | Specialist in the study of |
| -logy | Study of |
| -oma | Tumor, mass |
| -opsy | To view |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -scope | Instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | Process of visually examination |
| -sis | State of |
| -tomy | Cutting into, incision |
| - megaly | Enlargement |
| -pathy | Disease, condition |
| -rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| -rrhage or -rrhagia | Excessive discharge of blood |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -uria | Condition of urine |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -lysis | Separation, breakdown, destructionq |
| -stomy | Surgical opening |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| -ation | Process, condition |
| - cision | Process of cutting |
| -crine | Secretion |
| -dipsia | Thirst |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -gen | To produce |
| -mission | To send |
| -ine | Pertaining to |
| -mortem | Death |
| -lapse | To fall, slide |
| -meter | To measure |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -partum | Birth |
| -phagia | Eating |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -plasia | Formation (condition) |
| -plasm | Formation (tissue) |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -section | To cut |
| -stasis | To stand, place, stop, control |
| -tension | Pressure |
| -thesis | To put, place (state of putting or placing) |
| -tic | Pertaining to |
| -trophy | Nourishment, development |
| -um | Structure |
| -uria | Urine condition |
| -y | Process, condition |