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suffix
betty davis second editon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -a | a is a noun ending |
| -ate | something that |
| -e | e is a noun ending |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -er | one who |
| -esis | condition of |
| -ia | noun ending |
| -iatry | medical treatment medical professin |
| -ion | action process |
| -ist | practitioner |
| -ole | small little |
| -osis | condition |
| -tion | process of |
| -ula | small little |
| -ule | small one |
| -um | suffix that identifies |
| -us | suffix that identifies |
| -y | y is noun ending |
| when a word ends in -a | change the a to ae to form the plural |
| specialist in study of | -ian ,-ician,-logist |
| study of | -logy |
| practitioner | -ist |
| medical treatment medical profession | -iatry |
| one who treats; a physian | -iatrist |
| relating to medician,physians,or medical treatment | -iatrics |
| speacialized study of or in | -logist |
| 4 pertaining to words starting with -a | -ac-al-ar-ary |
| pertaining to with e | -eal |
| 3 pertaining to starting with -i | -ic-ical-ile |
| 3 pertaining to starting with -o | -oid-ory-ous |
| pertaining to | -tic |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | crushing breaking |
| -desis | binding or surgical fusion |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -graph | an instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ize | to make;to treat or combine with |
| -lysis | distruction or detachment |
| -meter | an instrument used to measure |
| -mety | the process of measuring |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -scope | an instrument used to view |
| -scopy | the process of viewing with a scope |
| -stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening |
| -tomy | incision into |
| -tripsy | intentional crushing |
| -ad | toward increase |
| -algia | pain |
| -blast | embryonic stage of development |
| -cele | swellin or herniation |
| -cide | to kill;to destroy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasia | stretching or dilatation |
| -er | one who |
| -esis | condition of |
| -gen | that which generates |
| -genesis | generating formation |
| -genic | formation producing |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -lepsy | seizure,attack |
| -lith | stone |
| -ism | condition |
| -iasis | presence of an abnormal condition |
| -lithiasis | presence of stone formation |
| -lysis | destructon or detachment |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -mania | a mental disorder a madness |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small or little |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | visual condition |
| -opsia | visual condition |
| -ory | pertaining to characerizied |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease in deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -philia | attracted to |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -plasia | formation or development |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping or prolapse |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling |
| -stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening |
Created by:
rose phillips
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