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Suffixes related to body processes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -blast | immature, forming |
| -cidal, -cide | destroying, killing |
| -crine | secreting |
| -malacia | softening |
| -para | bearing, given birth |
| -parous | bearing, producing offspring |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phage, -phagia | eating, devouring |
| -phasia | speaking |
| -phoresis | carrying |
| -plasia | formation, development, growth |
| -plastic | forming |
| -pnea | breath |
| -poiesis | production, formation |
| -poietic | pertaining to production |
| -poietin | substance that produces |
| -porosis | lessening in density |
| -rrhage | discharging heavily |
| -rrhea | a flowing, a flux |
| -schisis | splitting |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -spasm | contraction |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stasis | stopping, constant, static |
| -stenosis | narrowing |