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Suffixes ;
Chapter 3 Suffixes!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ad | toward, increase |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -estasia | stretching or dilation |
| -cide | to kill; to destroy |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ography | process of recording |
| -genesis | generating; formation |
| -iatrist | one who treats; a physician |
| -ion | action; progress |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -cele | swelling or herniation |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lepsy | seizure; attack |
| -lith | stone |
| -lithiasis | presence or formation of stones |
| -logy | the study of |
| -ologist | one who specializes in the study of |
| -lysis | destruction or detachment |
| -mania | a mental disorder; a madness |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | an instrument used to measure |
| -metry | the process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small or little |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | visual condition |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease in; deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -philia | attracted to |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping or prolapse |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge; flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -tomy | incision into |
| -stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening |
| -tripsy | intentional crushing |
| -ate | something that... |
| -er | one who |
| -ism | condition |
| -tion | process of |
| -ician | pertaining to |
| -scopy | the process of viewing with a scope |
| -blast | embryonic stage of development |
| -clasis | crushing or breaking up |
| -desis | binding or surgical fusion |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -us | a suffix that identifies singular nouns |
| Plural for -a | -ae |
| Plural for -ax | -aces |
| Plural for -is | -es |
| Plural for -ix, ex, or yx | -ices |
| Plural for -on | -a |
| Plural for -um | -a |
| Plural for -us | -i |
| Plural for -ma | -mata |
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