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Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-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 |