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Greek Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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biosis | mode of living, way of life |
blast | formative, embryonic |
cocci | round, seed, kernel |
cyst | pouch, sac |
dactyl | finger |
emia | blood disease |
gamous, gamy | marriage, sexual fusion |
graph | drawing, writing |
hedral, hedron | side |
hydrate | compound formed by union of water with other substances |
ism | act, practice,, or result of |
itis | inflammation or infection |
lysis | loosening, separation |
mer | a part, piece |
nomy | systematized knowledge of |
oma | tumorous |
osis, otic | abnormal condition, disease |
phase | a stage or condition |
phil, phile | fondness |
phyta, phyte | plant |
plasm | formative substance |
poda | foot |
some | body |
stasis | stationary, still |
stomy | opening into |
thes, thesis | arrangement, in order |
tom, tomy | dividing, surgery |
trope, tropic | turning |
zoa, zoan, zoic | animal life |