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Med Suffixes 4-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ia/-iasis | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | one who |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia/-kinesis | movement/motion |
| -logist | specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | loosening/freeing/breaking apart/destroying |
| -lytic* | pertaining to destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |