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68W M6
SUFFIX
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| emia | blood condition |
| esis | condition |
| iasis | condition |
| ic | pertaining to |
| gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| genesis | origin;cause |
| genic | producing; originating;causing |
| gram | record;x-ray film |
| graphy | process of recording; xray filming |
| graph | instrument used to record |
| ia | condition of dieased or abnormal state |
| ial | pertaining to |
| iatry | physician; treatment |
| ician | one who |
| ictal | seizure;attack |
| ism | state of |
| itis | inflammation |
| lepsy | seizure |
| lysis | breaking down; dissolution;separating |
| lytic | destroy;reduce |
| malacia | softening |
| mania | madness;insane desire |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | instrument of measurement |
| metry | measurement |
| morph | form;shape |
| odynia | pain |
| oid | resembling |
| ologist | one who studies & practices (Specialist) |
| ology | study of |
| oma | tumor;swelling |
| opia | vision (condition) |
| opsy | to view |
| oorhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| orrhaphy | suturing;repairing |
| orrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
| orrhexis | rupture |
| osis | abnormal conditions |
| ostomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| otomy | cut into or incision |
| ous | pertaining to |
| oxia | oxygen |
| paresis | slight paralysis |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| pepsia | digestion |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| phagia | eating; swallowing |
| phobia | abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things |
| phonia | sound or voice |
| phoria | feeling |
| physis | growth |
| plasia | formation;development;a growth |
| plasm | growth;substance;formation |
| plasty | plastic or surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | formation |
| porosis | passage |
| prandial | meal |
| ptosis | dropping;sagging;prolapse |
| ptysis | spitting |
| salpinx | fallopian tube |
| sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scope | instrument used for visual exam |
| scopy | visual exam |
| scopic | visual exam |
| sepsis | infection |
| spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
| stasis | control; stop |
| stalsis | contraction |
| stenosis | constriction; narrowing |
| thorax | chest |
| tocia | birth;labor |
| tome | instrument used to cut |
| tripsy | surgical crushing |
| trophy | nourishment |
| ule | little |
| uria | urine;urination |