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Hillyard, suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -AC | PERTAINING TO |
| -AL | PERTAINING TO |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -AR | PERTAINING TO |
| -ASTHENIA | WEAKNESS |
| -ATRESIA | CLOSURE |
| -CELE | HERNIA |
| -CENTESIS | PUNCTURE |
| -CISE | CUT |
| -CLASIS | REFRACTURE |
| -CYTE | CELL |
| -DESIS | FUSION |
| -DYNIA | PAIN |
| -ECTASIS | EXPANSION |
| -ECTOMY | EXCISION |
| -EDEMA | SWELLING |
| -EMESIS | VOMITING |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -ESTHESIA | SENSATION |
| -FORM | SHAPE |
| -GRAM | RECORDING |
| -GRAPH(Y) | RECORDING |
| -IA | CONDITION (OF) |
| -IASIS | CONDITION (OF) |
| -IC | PERTAINING TO |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -LEPSY | SEIZURE |
| -LOGY | STUDY OF |
| -LYSIS | DESTROY |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -MANIA | MADNESS |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT |
| -OID | RESEMBLE |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -OSIS | CONDITION (OF) |
| -OSTOMY | NEW OPENING |
| -OTOMY | INCISION |
| -OUS | PERTAINING TO |
| -PARESIS | PARTIAL PARALYSIS |
| -PAROUS | BEARING |
| -PATH(Y) | DISEASE |
| -PENIA | DECREASE |
| -PEXY | FIXATION |
| -PHOBIA | FEAR |
| -PLASIA | FORMATION |
| -PLASM | FORMATION |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -PLEGIA | PERMANENT PARALYSIS |
| -PNEA | BREATHING |
| -POIESIS | FORMATION |
| -PTOSIS | PROLAPSE |
| -RRHAG(E)(IA) | EXCESSIVE FLOW |
| -RRHAPHY | SUTURE |
| -RRHEA | DISCHARGE |
| -RRHEXIS | RUPTURE |
| -SCLEROSIS | HARDENING |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT(FOR EXAMINING) |
| -SCOPY | EXAMINATION (WITH AN INSTRUMENT) |
| -SPASM | INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION |
| -STASIS | STANDING (POSITION) |
| -STENOSIS | NARROWING |
| -SYSTOLE | CONTRACTION |
| -THERAPY | TREATMENT |
| -TOME | INSTRUMENT TO CUT |
| -TRIPSY | CRUSHING |
| -TROPH(IC)(Y) | NOURISHING |
| -TROPIC | TURNING |
| -URIA | URINE |