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chapter 3
Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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a | noun ending |
ac | pertaining to |
ad | towards increase |
algesia | sensitivity to pain |
algia | pain |
ar | pertainng to |
cele | swelling or herniation |
centisis | surgical puncture |
cide | to kill destroy |
cyte | cell |
dynia | pain |
e | noun ending |
ectasia | stretching or dialation |
ectomy | surgical removal |
emia | blood condition |
er | one who |
genesis | generating formation |
genic | producing |
gram | record |
graph | instrument |
graphy | process |
ia | condition |
iasis | presence of abnormal condition |
iatric | relating to medicine, physicians |
iatrist | one who treats |
iatry | cell |
ic | pertaining to |
ician | specialist in a field of study |
ion | action, process |
ism | condition |
ist | practioner |
itis | inflammation |
lepsy | seizure, attack |
lith | stone |
lithiasis | presence or formation of stones |
logy | study of |
logist | one who specializes in the study of |
lysis | destruction or detachment |
lytic | destruction |
mania | a mental disorder, a madness |
magaly | enlargement |
meter | an instrument |
metry | the process |
oid | resembling |
ole | small or little |
oma | tumor |
opia | visual condition |
osis | condition |
ous | pertaining to |
pathy | disease |
penia | decrease in, deficiency |
pexy | surgical fixation |
philia | attrached to |
phobi | abnormal fear |
plasia | formation or development |
plasty | surgical repair |
plegia | paralysis |
pnea | breathing |
ptosis | drooping or prolapse |
rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
rraphy | suturing |
rrhea | discharge flow |
rrhexis | rupture |
scope | instrument |
scopy | process |
stasis | stopping or controlling |
stomy | surgical creation |
tic | pertaining to |
tomy | incision |
tripsy | intentional crushing |
ula | small little |
uria | urine |
y | noun ending |