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Chapters 1-7
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac | Pertaining to |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -algia | Pain |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -ectomy | Excision/Removal |
| -emia | Blood Condition |
| -genic | Pertaining to/ Producing/ Produced by or in |
| -globin | Protein |
| -gram | Record |
| -ic/ -ical | Pertaining to |
| -ion | Process |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Process of Study |
| -oma | Tumor/ Mass/ Swelling |
| -opsy | Process of Viewing |
| -osis | Condition(usually abnormal) |
| -pathy | Disease Condition |
| -scope | Instrument Used to Visually Examine |
| -scopy | The Process of Viewing |
| -sis | State of/ Condition |
| -tomy | Process of Cutting |
| -y | Process/ Condition |
| -eal | Pertaining to |
| -iac | Pertaining to |
| -ior | Pertaining to |
| -ism | Process/ Condition |
| -ose | Pertaining to/ Full of |
| -plasm | Formation |
| -somes | bodies |
| -type | Picture/ Classification |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -centesis | Surgical Puncture to Remove Fluid |
| -coccus/ Cocci | Berry Shaped Bacterium |
| -dynia | Pain (not commonly used) |
| -genesis | Condition of Producing/Forming |
| -graph | Instrument for Recording |
| -graphy | Process of Recording |
| -lysis | Breakdown/Destruction/Separation |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -phobia | Fear |
| -plasia | Development/ Formation/ Growth |
| -plasty | Surgical Repair |
| -ptosis | Drooping/ Falling/ Prolapse |
| - rreah | Flow/ Discharge |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -stasis | Controlling/ Stopping |
| -stomy | Opening to the Outside of the Body |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| -trophy | Development/ Nourishment |
| -er | One Who |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -ole | Little/Small |
| -ule | Little/Small |
| -um/ -ium | Structure/ Tissue |
| -us | Structure/ Substance |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -oid | Resembling/ Derived From |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -tic | Pertaining to |
| -blast | Embryonic/ Immature |
| -crine | To Secrete |
| -drome | To Run |
| -fusion | Coming Together/ To Pour |
| -gen | Substance that Produces |
| -lapse | To Slide/ Fall/ Sag |
| -meter | To Measure |
| -mission | To Send |
| -or | One Who |
| -oxia | Oxygen |
| -partum | Birth/ Labor |
| -phoria | To Bear/ Carry/ Feeling(mental state) |
| -physis | To Grow |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -poietin | substance that forms |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| -uria | urination; urine condition |
| -ectasis | Stretching or dilation |
| -esis | Condition |
| -lithiasis | Condition of stones |
| -lithotomy | Incision for removal of a stone |
| -ole | little or small |
| -osis | condition |
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