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3510 chp3
chp 3 suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -um | noun ending |
| -poietic | pertaining to formation |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -path | disease |
| -iatrist | specialist |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -osis | abnormal condition or disease |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ago | diseased condition |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -algia | pain |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -oma | tumor |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint |
| -lysis | breaking down, separation, setting free, destruction loosening |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| -clasis | to break |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -otomy | surgical incision |