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Suffixes #4
Suffixes words # 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| algia | pain |
| opia | vision |
| cele | bulge |
| osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| centesis | withdrawing fluid |
| pathy | disease |
| cyte | cell |
| penia | deficiency, lack of |
| dipsia | thirst |
| pexy | repair through surgery |
| dynia | pain, swelling |
| philia | attraction to |
| ectomy | removal |
| phobia | fear of |
| emesis | vomiting |
| phonia | sound, voice |
| emia, hemia | throughout the blood |
| plasty | repair through surgery |
| genic | produces, forms something |
| plegia | paralysis |
| globin, globulin | protein |
| ptosis | falling, drooping |
| iasis | condition, formation of |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| iatry | treatment |
| rrhage | bleeding |
| ism | condition |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| itis | inflammation |
| scope | instrument to see through or with |
| lepsy | seizure |
| scopy | the process of viewing |
| logy | study of |
| stasis | control, hold in |
| lysis | destruction, break down, dissolve |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| lytic | destroy, reduce |
| stomy | create an artificial opening |
| malcia | softening |
| therapy | treatment |
| megaly | enlargement |
| tomy | cut, incision |
| meter | distance measure, instrument to measure |
| tripsy | crushing, rubbing together |
| metry | process of measuring |
| trophy | develop, mature, grow |
| oid | like |
| tropia | turning |
| oma | tumor |
| uria | urine |