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VET 114 FINAL REVIEW
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac, -al, -ic, -ical, -ous | Pretaining to |
| -algia | Pain |
| -drome | To run |
| -genic | Produced by or in |
| -ion | Process |
| -opsy | View of |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -sis | State of; condition |
| -ism | Process; condition |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -plasm | Formation |
| -somes | Bodies |
| -clast | To break |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -desis | Surgical fixation; to bind; tie together |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -fication | Process of making |
| -gen; -genesis; -genous | Producing; forming |
| -ion | Process |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -pathy | Disease condition |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -physis | To grow |
| -plasia | Development; formation; growth |
| -poiesis | Formation |
| -porosis | Condition of pores (spaces) |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -tome | Instrument to cut |
| -trophy | Development; nourishment |
| -y | Condition |
| -ase | Enzyme |
| -ation | Process; condition |
| -blast | Immature; embryonic |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -chezia | Defecation; dilation |
| -ectasis; -ectasia | Stretching; dilation; dilatation |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -iasis | Abnormal condition |
| -lithiasis | Abnormal condition of stones |
| -lysis | Breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -opsy | View of |
| -orexia | Appetite |
| -otic | Pertaining to the abnormal condition |
| -pepsia | Digestion |
| -phagia | Eating; swallowing |
| -prandial | Meal |
| -ptyalo | Spit; saliva |
| -ptysis | Spitting |
| -stalsis | Contraction |
| -stasis | Stopping; controlling |
| -stenosis | Tightening; narrowing; stricture |
| -tresia | Opening |
| -um | Structure; tissue; thing |
| -lytic; -lysis | Reduce; destroy; seperate; breakdown |
| -one | Hormone |
| -cyesis | Pregnancy |
| -gravida | Pregnancy |
| -ium | Structure; tissue |
| -parous | To bear; bring forth |
| -tocia | Labor; birth |
| -version | To turn |
| -ole, -ule | Small; little |
| -oxia | Oxygen |
| -tension | Pressure |
| -globin; -globulin | Protein |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -phil | Attraction for |
| -philia | Increase in the number of cells |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -coccus; -cocci | Berry-shaped bacterium |
| -cytosis | Increase in the number of cells |
| -agon | To assemble; gather |
| -in; -ine | A substance |
| -tropic | Turning |
| -Tropin | Stimulate; act on |
| -uria | Urination; condition of urine |
| -ose | Pertaining to; full of; sugar |
| -algesia | Sensitivity to pain |
| -lepsy | Seizure |
| -paresis | Slight paralysis |
| -phoria | Feeling; to bear; carry |
| -plegia | Paralysis; palsy |
| -sthenia | Strength |
| -poietin | Substance that forms |
| -ptosis | Drooping; sagging; prolapse |
| -tripsy | To crush |
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