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Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -cyte | cell |
| -duction | act of leading, bringing, conducting |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| -gram | recording, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ice | noun ending |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lith | stone |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -ole | small, minute |
| -oma | tumour |
| -opia | vision |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | incision |