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chapter 3
Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |