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Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cele | swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -crasia | mixture |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectasis | expansion |
| -ectomy | removal,excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -fusion | pour |
| -gram | record,writing |
| -graph | instrument for writing |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition of |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | separation,destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | to measure |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumur |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| -osmia | smell |
| -ostomy | artificial opening |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease,deficiency |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -phage | swallowing |
| -phonia | voice |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| ptosis | prolapse,downward |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument for recording |
| -scopy | visual examinatio |
| -spasm | involuntary condition |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -stenosis | narrowing, structure |
| -thorax | chest |