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suffixes for lymphatic and immune system; medical terminology
| word part | definition |
|---|---|
| —al | pertaining to |
| —ar | pertaining to |
| —ic | pertaining to |
| —ical | pertaining to |
| —tic | pertaining to |
| —ation | process; condition |
| —blast | developing cell |
| —capnia | carbon dioxide |
| —cide | to kill |
| —crit | to separate |
| —cyte | cell |
| —e | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
| —ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| —emia | blood condition |
| —emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| —fuge | to separate by spinning |
| —fusion | to pour; to come together |
| —gen | substance that produces |
| —globulin | protein |
| —ia | condition |
| —in | chemical; chemical compound; substance |
| —ine | chemical; chemical compound; substance |
| —itis | inflammation |
| —logist | specialist |
| —logy | study of |
| —lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
| —lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| —megaly | enlargement |
| —oma | tumor; mass |
| —osis | process; abnormal condition |
| —pathy | disease |
| —penia | deficiency |
| —phage | eat; swallow |
| —pheresis | removal |
| —phil, —philia | love; attraction for |
| —phoresis | transmission; carrying |
| —plasm | formation; structure |
| —plastic | pertaining to formation |
| —plasty | surgical repair |
| —poiesis | formation |
| —rrhage | rupture; bursting forth (of blood) |
| —sis | state; condition |
| —stasis | stoppage of flow |
| —suppression | to stop |
| —therapy | treatment |
| —tomy | process of cutting; incision |