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suffixes 2
lom
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -kinesia | Movement |
| -kinesis | Movement |
| -lapse | To slide, fall, sag |
| -lemma | Sheath, covering |
| -leptic | To seize, take hold of |
| -lexia | Word; phrase |
| -listhesis | Slipping |
| -lithiasis | Condition of stones |
| -lithotomy | Incision (for removal) of a stone |
| -lucent | To shine |
| -lysis | Breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| -lytic | To reduce, destroy; separate; breakdown |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -mimetic | Mimic; copy |
| -mission | To send |
| -mortem | Death |
| -motor | Movement |
| -one | Hormone |
| -opaque | Obscure |
| -opsia | Vision condition |
| -opia | Vision condition |
| -opsy | View of |
| -or | One who |
| -orexia | Appetite |
| -ose | Full of; pertaining to; sugar |
| -osis | Condition, usually abnormal |
| -osmia | Smell |
| -ostosis | Condition of bone |
| -otia | Ear condition |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -oxia | Oxygen |
| -para | To bear, bring forth (live births) |
| -parous | To bear, bring forth |
| -paresis | Weakness |
| -pareunia | Sexual intercourse |
| -partum | Birth labor |
| -pathy | Disease; emotion |
| -pepsia | Digestion |
| -pexy | Fixation; to put in place |
| -phage | Eat; swallow |
| -phagia | Eating or swallowing |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -pheresis | Removal |
| -phil | Attraction for |
| -philia | Attraction for |
| -phonia | Voice, sound |
| -phor/o | to bear |
| -phoresis | Carrying; transmission |
| -phoria | To bear, carry; feeling (mental state) |
| -phthisis | Wasting away |
| -phyte | Plant |
| -plakia | Plaque |
| -plasia | Development; formation; growth |
| -plasm | Formation; structure |
| -plastic | Pertaining to formation |
| -plegia | Paralysis; palsy |
| -plegic | Paralysis; palsy |
| -poiesis | Formation |
| -poietin | Substance that forms |
| -porosis | Condition of pores (spaces) |