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Suffixes
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| Suffixes | Definition |
|---|---|
| -a | Noun ending with no meaning. |
| -ac | Pertaining to. |
| -ad | Toward. |
| -algia | Pain. |
| -amnios | Amnion or amniotic fluid. |
| -apheresis | Removal. |
| -ar | Pertaining to. |
| -ary | Pertaining to. |
| -asthenia | Weakness. |
| -carcinoma | Cancerous tumor. |
| -cele | Hernia, protrusion, or swelling. |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid. |
| -crine | To secrete. |
| -cyesis | Pregnancy. |
| -cyte | Cell. |
| -desis | Surgical fixation or fusion. |
| -drome | Run or running. |
| -e | Noun ending with no meaning. |
| -eal | Pertaining to. |
| -ectasis | Stretching out or expansion. |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal or excision. |
| -emesis | Vomiting. |
| -emia | In the blood. |
| -esis | Condition. |
| -gen | Substance that produces something. |
| -genic | Producing, originating, or causing. |
| -gram | Record or radiographic image. |
| -graph | Instrument used to record. |
| -graphy | Process of recording or imaging. |
| -ia | Condition or abnormal state. |
| -iasis | Condition. |
| -iatrist | Specialist. |
| -iatry | Specialty or treatment. |
| -ic | Pertaining to. |
| -ictal | Seizure or attack. |
| -ior | Pertaining to. |
| -ism | State of. |
| -itis | Inflammation. |
| -logist | Specialist who studies and treats. |
| -logy | Study of. |
| -lysis | Separating, loosening, or dissolving. |
| -malacia | Softening. |
| -megaly | Enlargement. |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure. |
| -metry | Process of measuring. |
| -oid | Resembling. |
| -oma | Tumor or swelling. |
| -opia | Vision. |
| -opsy | Process of viewing. |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -ous | Pertaining to. |
| -paresis | Slight paralysis. |
| -pathy | Disease. |
| -penia | Abnormal reduction in number. |
| -pepsia | Digestion. |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation or suspension. |
| -phagia | Swallowing or eating. |
| -phobia | Abnormal fear or aversion. |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasia | Formation, development, or growth. |
| -plasm | Growth, substance, or formation. |
| -plasty | Surgical repair. |
| -plegia | Paralysis. |
| -pnea | Breathing. |
| -poiesis | Formation. |
| -ptosis | Prolapse or drooping. |
| -rrhage | Excessive bleeding. |
| -rrhagia | Condition of excessive bleeding. |
| -rrhaphy | Repairing or suturing. |
| -rrhea | Discharge or flow. |
| -rrhexis | Rupture. |
| -salpinx | Fallopian tube. |
| -sarcoma | Malignant tumor. |
| -schisis | Split or fissure. |
| -sclerosis | Hardening. |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination. |
| scopic | Pertaining to visual examination. |
| -scopy | Process of visually examining. |
| -spasm | Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction. |
| -stasis | Stop, control, or standing. |
| -stenosis | Narrowing or constriction. |
| -stomy | Creation of an artificial opening. |
| -thorax | Chest or chest cavity. |
| -tocia | Labor or birth. |
| -tome | Instrument used to cut. |
| -tomy | Incision or cutting into. |
| -tripsy | Surgical crushing. |
| -trophy | Nourishment or development. |
| -um | Noun ending with no meaning. |
| -uria | Urine or urination. |
| -us | Noun ending with no meaning. |
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