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SUFFiXES
Suffixes are attached to the end of a word or root
| SUFFIX | MEANING |
|---|---|
| AL | ABOUT, RELATED TO, PERTAINING TO |
| ALGIA | PAIN |
| ASTHENIA | WEAKNESS |
| CENTESIS | PUNCTURE(SURGICAL) |
| CIDE | DEATH, KILLING |
| CRIN/O | SECRETE |
| ECTOMY | REMOVAL |
| EMESIS | VOMITING |
| EMIA | BLOOD |
| ER | PERSON WHO....., PRACTITIONER |
| ESIS | CONDITION OF |
| GENIC | ORIGIN |
| GNOSIS | KNOWLEDGE |
| GRAM | A RECORD |
| GRAPHY | PRACTICE OF RECORDING |
| IA | CONDITION |
| IATRICS, IATRY | DISCIPLINE OF MEDICINE |
| IC | ABOUT , RELATED TO, PERTAINING TO |
| ISM | STATE , CONDITION |
| IST | PERSON WHO STUDIES OR SPECIALIZES IN A CERTAIN SUBJECT 0R DISCIPLINE, PRACTITIONER |
| ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| LEPSIS | SEIZURE |
| LOGIST | A PERSON WHO STUDIES OR SPECIALIZE IN A CERTAIN SUBJECT OR DISCIPLINE |
| LOGY | STUDY, SCIENCE OF , PRACTICE OF |
| LYSIS | DESTRUCTION |
| METER | MEASURE, INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE |
| METRY | MEASURING |
| OID | SIMILAR, RESEMBLING ,LIKE |
| OMA | SWELLING, TUMOR |
| OSE | SUGAR |
| OSIS | ABDORMAL CONDITION |
| OSTOMY | CREATION OF AN OPENING |
| OUS | PERTAINING TO |
| PATHY | DISEASE |
| PHILIA | ATTRACTION FOR |
| PHYLACTIC | PROTECTIVE, PREVENTIVE |
| PHYLAXIS | PROTECTION |
| PLASIA | FORMATION , DEVELOPMENT |
| PLASTY | REPAIR THROUGH SURGERY |
| PLEGIA | PARALYSIS, STROKE |
| RRAGHIA | ABNORMAL / EXCESSIVE FLOW |
| RRHEA | FLOW, DISCHARGE |
| SCOPE | INSTRUMENT FOR EXAMINING |
| SCOPY | EXAMINING BY INSTRUMENT |
| STASIS | TO STOP |
| STENOSIS | NARROWING |
| THERMY | HEAT |
| TION | CONDITION, STATE |
| TROPHY | NUTRITION, DEVELOPMENT |