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FINAL Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algesia | pain, sensitivity |
| -algia | pain |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -apheresis | removal, carry away |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | immature, embryonic |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion |
| -centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| -cise | cut |
| -clasia | to surgically break |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | state of pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | more than the normal number of cells |
| -derma | skin |
| -desis | stabilize, fuse |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasia | dilation |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| -gen | that which produces |
| -genesis | produces, generates |
| -genic | producing, produced by |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -gram | record, picture |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -ia | state, condition |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -iatrist | physician |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lith | stone |
| -lithiasis | condition of stones |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -lucent | to shine through |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -mania | excessive excitement |
| -manometer | instrument to measure pressure |
| -megaly | enlargement, large |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metrist | one who measures |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -opaque | nontransparent |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | view of |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| -ose | pertaining to |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -osmia | small |
| -ostomy | surgically create an opening |
| -otia | ear condition |
| -otomy | cutting into, incision |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -partum | childbirth |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | abnormal decrease, too few |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phage | eat, swallow |
| -phagia | eat, swallow |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phil | attracted to |
| -philia | to have an attraction for |
| -phobia | irrational fear |
| -phonia | voice |
| -phoresis | carrying |
| -plasia | growth, formation, development |
| -plasm | growth,formation, development |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -porosis | porous |
| -prandial | pertaining to a meal |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | excessive, abnormal flow |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -spermia | sperm |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -taxia | muscular coordination |
| -tension | pressure |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tocia | labor, childbirth |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tonia | tone |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -tropia | to turn |
| -tropin | stimulate |
| -ule | small |
| -uria | condition of the urine |
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