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suffixes chp 3
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -A | A NOUN ENDING |
| -AC | PERTAINING TO |
| -AD | TOWARD, INCREASE |
| -AL | PERTAINING TO |
| -ALGESIA | SENSITIVITY TO PAIN |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -AR | PERTAINING TO |
| -ARY | PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO |
| -ATE | SOMETHING THAT |
| -BLAST | EMBRYONIC STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT |
| -CELE | SWELLING OR HERNIATION |
| -CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE |
| -CIDE | TO KILL, TO DESTROY |
| -CLASIS | CRUSHING, OR BREAKING UP |
| -CYTE | CELL |
| -DESIS | BINDING OR SURGICAL FUSION |
| -DYNIA | PAIN |
| -E | A NOUN ENDING |
| -EAL | PERTAINING TO |
| -ECTASIA | STRETCHING OR DILATATION |
| -ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -ER | ONE WHO |
| -GENESIS | GENERATING, FORMATION |
| -GENIC | PERTAINING TO, FORMATION, PRODUCING |
| -GRAM | RECORD OR PICTURE |
| -GRAPH | AN INSTRUMENT USED TO RECORD |
| -GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -GRAVIDA | PREGNANCY |
| -IA | CONDITION(A NOUN ENDING) |
| -IAN | SPECIALIST IN A FIELD OF STUDY |
| -ION | ACTION, PROCESS |
| -ISM | CONDITION |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -IZE | TO MAKE, TO TREAT OR COMBINE WITH |
| -LEPSY | SEIZURE, ATTACK |
| -LITH | STONE |
| -LITHIASIS | PRESENCE OR FORMATION OF STONES |
| -LOGY | THE STUDY OF |
| -LOGIST | ONE WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE STUFY OF |
| -LYSIS | DESTRUCTION OR DETACHMENT |
| -LYTIC | DESTRUTION |
| -MANIA | A MENTAL DISORDER, A "MADDNESS" |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGMENT |
| -METER | AN INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE |
| -METRY | THE PROCESS OF MEASURING |
| -OID | RSEMBLING |
| -OLE | SMALL OR LITTLE |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -OPIA | VISUAL CONDITION |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -PENIA | DECREASE IN, DEFICIENCY |
| -PEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION |
| -PHILIA | ATTRACTED TO |
| -PHOBIA | ABNORMAL FEAR |
| -PLASIA | FORMATION OR DEVELOPMENT |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
| -PNEA | BREATHING |
| -PTOSI | DROOPING OR PROLAPSE |
| -RRHAGIA | EXCESSIVE FLOW OR DISCHARGE |
| -RRHAPHY | SUTURING |
| -RRHEA | DISCHARGE, FLOW |
| -RRHEXIS | RUPTURE |
| -SCOPE | AN INSTRUMENT USED TO VIEW |
| -SCOPY | THE PROCESS OF VIEWING WITH A SCOPE |
| -STASIS | STOPPING OR CONTROLLING |
| -STOMY | THE SURGICAL CREATION OF A NEW OPENING |
| -TIC | PERTAINING TO |
| -TION | PROCESS OF |
| -TOMY | INCISION INTO |
| -TRIPSY | INTENTIONAL CRUSHING |
| -ULA | SMALL, LITTLE |
| -ULE | "SMALL ONE" |
| -UM | A SUFFIX THAT IDENTIFIES SINGULAR NOUNS |
| -URIA | A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE URINE |
| -US | A SUFFIX THAT IDENTIFIES SINGULAR NOUNS |
| -Y | A NOUN ENDING |