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suffix words
suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac -al -ar -ary | pertaining to |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -crit | to seperate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -gen -gensis -genic | producing; forming |
| -globin -globulin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument of recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iac -ic | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling; like |
| -(o)logist | specialist |
| -(o)logy | study of |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating; swallowing |
| -phonia | voice; sound |
| -phoresis | carrying; transmission |
| -phoria | feeling; mental state |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -stasis | control; stop |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | chest; pleural cavity |
| -tocia | labour; birth |
| -tresia | opening |
| -trophy | growth; development |
| -tropin | nourish; develop; stimulate |
| -version | to turn |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia; herniation |
| -cytosis | condition of cells |
| -dynia | pain |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ia -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis -lytic | break-down; destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enalrgement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decreased number |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | dropping; sagging; prolapse |
| -ptysis | spitting up |
| -(r)rhage -(r)rhagia | bursting forth of blood |
| -(r)rhea | flow; discharge |
| -(r)rhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -spasm | contraction; twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing; tightening |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -desis | binding together |
| -ectasia -ectasis | stretching; dialation |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -(o)stomy | create a new opening |
| -(o)tomy | incision |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -(r)rhaphy | suture |
| -tripsy | crushing; friction |