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Comb. Forms/Rel. Suf
Combining Forms and Related Suffixes 3.4
Combining Form | Suffixes | Meaning |
---|---|---|
gen/o | beginning, origin | |
gen/o | -genic | produced by or in |
gen/o | -genesis | producing or forming |
gram/o | to record | |
gram/o | -gram | a record |
gram/o | -graph | instrument for recording |
gram/o | -graphy | process of recording |
kinesi/o | movement | |
kinesi/o | -kinesia, -kinesis | movement, motion |
leps/o | -lepsy | seizure (epilepsy) |
lys/o | destruction, dissolving | |
lys/o | -lysin | that which destroys |
lys/o | -lysis | process of destroying |
lys/o | -lytic | capable of or producing destruction |
malac/o | soft, softening | |
malac/o | -malacia | abnormal softening |
megal/o | large, enlarged | |
megal/o | -megaly | enlargement (acromegaly) |
metr/o | measure, uterine tissue | |
metr/o | -meter | instrument used to measure |
metr/o | -metry | process of measuring (geometry) |
path/o | -pathy | disease |
phag/o | eat, ingest (phagocyte) | |
phag/o | -phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing |
phas/o | -phasia | speech |
pleg/o | -plegia | paralysis (paraplegia) |
schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o | -schisis | split, cleft (schizophrenic) |
scler/o | hard | |
scler/o | -sclerosis | hardening |
scop/o | to examine, to view | |
scop/o | -scope | instrument used for viewing (microscope) |
scop/o | -scopy | process of examing visually (microscopy) |
troph/o | -trophic, -trophy | nutrition |
cyt/i | -cyte | cell |