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chapter 2
suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -a | a is a noun ending |
| -ate | somthing that... |
| -e | e is a noun ending |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -er | one who |
| -esis | condition of |
| -ia | condition |
| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession |
| -ion | action, process |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | practitioner |
| -ole | small or little |
| -osis | condition |
| -tion | process of |
| -ula | small, little |
| -ule | "small one" |
| -um | a suffix that identifies singular nouns |
| -y | y is a noun ending |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to; capable |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ory | pertaining to; characterized by |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ician | specialist in a field of study |
| -iatrics | relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment |
| -ian | specialist in a field of study |
| -ist | practitioner |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study of |
| -logy | the study of |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | crushing or breaking up |
| -desis | binding or surgical fusion |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -graph | an insturment used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ize | to make; to treat or combine with |
| -lysis | destruction or detachment |
| -meter | an insturment used to measure |
| -metry | the process of measuring |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -scope | an insturment 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 |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -blast | embryonic stage of development |
| -cele | swelling or herniation |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cide | to kill; to destroy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| ectasia | stretching or dilatation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esis | condition of |
| -gen | that which generates |
| -genesis | generating; formation |
| -genic | pertaining to; formation, producing |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | presence of an abnormal condition |
| -iatic(s) | relating to medicine, physicnas, or medical treatment |
| -iatrician | one who treats; a physician |
| -ile | pretaining to; capable |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ize | to make; to treat or combine with |
| -lepsy | seizure, attack |
| -lith | ston |
| -lithiasis | presence or formation of stones |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -mania | a mental disorder; a "madness" |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -opia | visual condition |
| -opsia | visual condition |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -ory | pertaining to; characterized by |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease in; deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -philia | attracted to |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -plasia | formation or development |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breating |
| -ptosis | drooping or prolapse |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
| -rrhea | discharge; flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling |
| -um | a suffix that identifies singular nouns |
| -uria | a characteristic of the urine |
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