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Suffixes Part 1
LO 3.2-3.4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -desis | binding, fusion |
| -dynia | pain |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | movement |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phonia | sound |
| -phoria | feeling, carrying |
| -cele | hernia |
| -cytosis | condition of cells |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| -edema | swelling |
| -ema | condition |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -iasis | pathological condition or state, presence of |
| -ism | condition, disease |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lepsy | seizures |
| -leptic | pertaining to seizures |
| -lithiasis | presence of stones |
| -mania | mind |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia, -opsia | vision |
| -paresis | slight paralysis, feeling of numbness and tingling |
| -osis | condition, state, process |
| -pathy | abnormal condition, disease process |
| -penia | deficiency, small, fewer |
| -philia | attraction, affinity for |
| -phrenia | of the mind |
| -phthisis | wasting away |
| -physis | growing |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
| -ptosis | falling down, drooping |
| -rrhea | to flow or discharge |
| -rrhagia | excessive bleeding (amount or frequency) |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -trophic | pertaining to nutrition |
| -trophy | nutrition |
| -malacia | softening |
| -para | bearing, giving birth |
| -parous | bearing, producing offspring |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phage, -phagia | eating, devouring |
| -phasia | speaking |
| -phoresis | carrying |
| -plasia | formation, development, growth |
| -plastic | forming |
| -pnea | breath |
| -poiesis | production, formation |
| -poietic | pertaining to production |
| -poietin | substance that produces |
| -porosis | lessening in density |
| -rrhage | discharge heavily |
| -schisis | splitting |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -spasm | contraction |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
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