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Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -abrasion | scraping |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -amnios | amnion |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -blast | embryonic |
| -cardia | heart condition |
| -cele | herniation; protrusion |
| -centesis | removal of fluid |
| -chalasia | relaxation |
| -chezia | defecation; elimination of waste |
| -clasis | to break; intentional fracture |
| -clast | to break; breaking down |
| -cordial | pertaining to the heart |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | abnormal increase of cells |
| -desis | binding |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -drome | to run |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasia | dilation |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -ectomy | removal; excision |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esis | state of |
| -fida | split |
| -flux | flow |
| -fusion | pouring; to pour |
| -gen | produced by; producing |
| -geusia | taste |
| -grade | to go |
| -gram | record; recording |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -ia | condition |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -iasis | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | structure |
| -ization | process |
| -kine | movement |
| -lalia | condition of babbling |
| -lapse | to fall; to slide; to sag |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lithotomy | removal of a stone |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; breakdown |
| -lytic | destruction; to destroy; to reduce |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | state of mental disorder |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -metry | process of measurement |
| -mission | sending |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -opsy | viewing |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ose | carbohydrate |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -para | labor; delivery |
| -paresis | light paralysis |
| -pathy | disease process |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | fixation; suspension |
| -phagia | eating; condition of swallowing |
| -philia | tendency; attraction |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | growth |
| -plakia | condition of plaque |
| -plasia | development; formation |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -ptosis | drooping; prolapse |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | bursting forth of blood |
| -rrhagia | burting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge; flow |
| -rrheic | pertaining to discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sis | state of |
| -spadias | to cut; to tear |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stasis | stopping; controlling |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -sthenia | condition of strength |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -tension | pressure |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | chest; plearal cavity |
| -thymia | mind |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tion | process of |
| -tocia | labor; delivery |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -tresia | opening |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| -tripter | instrument used to crush |
| -trite | instrument used to crush |
| -trophy | development; nourishment |
| -ule | small |
| -um | structure |
| -uria | urination; urinary condition |
| -us | structure |
| -y | process; condition |
Created by:
Alyssa Wagner
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