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A & P suffixes
Stack #45704
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -all, -ac | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -aps, -apt | fit; fasten |
| -arche | beginning; origin |
| -ase | signifies an enzyme |
| -blast | sprout; make |
| -centesis | a piercing |
| -cide | to kill |
| -clast | break; destroy |
| -crine | release; secrete |
| -ectomy | a cutting out |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | refers to blood condition |
| -flux | flow |
| -gen | creates; forms |
| -genesis | creation, prodution |
| -gram | something written |
| -graphy (y) | to write, draw |
| -hydrate | containing water |
| -la, -sia | condition; process |
| -lasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic, -ac | pertaining to |
| -in | signifies a protein |
| -ism | signifies "condition of" |
| -itis | signifies "inflammation of" |
| -lemma | rind; peel |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lith | stone; rock |
| -logy | study of |
| -lunar | moon; moonlike |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -metric, -metry | measurement; length |
| -old | like; in the shape of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision, vision condition |
| -oscopy | viewing |
| -ose | signifies a carbohydrate |
| -osis | condition, process |
| -ostomy | formation of an opening |
| -penia | lack |
| -otomy | cut |
| -phillic | loving |
| -phobic | fearing |
| -phragm | partition |
| -plasia | growth, formation |
| -plasm | substance, matter |
| -plasty | shape; make |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breath, breathing |
| --(r)rhage, -(r)rha | breaking out, discharge |
| -(r) rhaphy | sew, suture |
| -(r) rhea | flow |
| -some | body |
| -tensin, -tension | pressure |
| -tonic | pressure, tension |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -ule | small, little |
| -uria | refers to urine condition |