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Unit 3
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -esthesia | feeling/ nervous sensation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kenesis | Movement |
| -lepsy | Seizure |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -praxia | action |
| -sthenia | strength |
| -constriction | Narrowing |
| -dilation | Widening/Stretching/ Expanding |
| -emia | Blood Condition |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -lysis | Breakdown/ Separation/ Destruction/ Loosing |
| -meagly | Enlargement |
| -meter | Measure |
| -oma | Tumor/ Mass/ Fluid Collection |
| -osis | Condition, usually abnormal |
| -plasty | Surgical Repair |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -stenosis | Tightening/ Structure |
| -tomy | Process of cutting |
| -osmia | smell |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -thorax | pleural cavity/ chest |