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Suffixes A-O
RMA/RMAS Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ad | toward |
| algia | pain |
| asthenia | weakness |
| blast | immature, forming |
| cele | hernia |
| cidal | destroying, killing |
| clasis | breaking |
| clast | breaking instrument |
| crine | secretion |
| crit | separate |
| cyte | cell |
| cytosis | condition of cells |
| derma | skin |
| desis | binding |
| dynia | pain |
| ectasia | expansion; dialation |
| ectomy | removal of |
| edema | swelling |
| ema | condition |
| emesis | vomit |
| emia | blood |
| emic | relating to blood |
| esthesia | sensation |
| form | resembling, like, in the shape of |
| gen | producing / coming to be |
| genesis | production of |
| genic | producing |
| globin / globulin | protein |
| gram | record |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| iasis | pathological condition / state |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ics | treatment, pratice, body of knowledge |
| ism | condition / disease / doctrine |
| itis | inflammation |
| kinesia / kinesis | movement |
| lepsy | condition of |
| leptic | having seizures |
| logist | one who pratices |
| logy | study / pratice |
| lysis | dectruction of |
| malacia | softening |
| mania | obsession |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | measuring device, instrument use to measure |
| metry | measurement |
| oid | resembling / like |
| oma | tumor / neoplasm |
| opia / opsia | vision |
| osis | condition / state / process |
| ostomy | opening |
| oxia | oxygen |
| opsy | view of |
| clasis | breaking |
| ectasis | expanding; dilating |
| lytic | destroying |