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Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ium | tissue |
| -ia | condition of |
| -osis | condition of |
| -ism | condition of |
| -icle | small/ little |
| -ole | small |
| -yle | small |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -lysis | loosen or breakdown |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhage | abnormal or excessive flow |
| -icle | little |
| -rhagia | abnormal or exceessive flow |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhea | flow/ discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary condition |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -oma | tumor |
| -ectasia | expansion |
| -stomy | creation of opening |
| -tomy | incision or cut |
| -oid | resembling |