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Suffixes
SROD
| Suffixes | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ical, ile, ior, ous, tic, | pretaining to |
| -algia, dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to drain |
| -clasis, -clast, -clasia | surgical fracture/ to break |
| -desis | binding fixation (of bone or joint) |
| -ectasis | dilation/ expansion |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomitting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esis, -ia, ism, | condition |
| -gen or genesis | orgin ; forming |
| -gram | record/ writing |
| -graph | instrument of recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -iatry | medicine treatment |
| -ician or -ist | specialist |
| -icle, -ole, -ule | small, minute |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -lith | stone/ calcules |
| -lysis | separation/ destruction/ loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument of measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition or disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease / defenciency |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -phagia | swallowing / eating |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia or -plasma | formation / growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhage or rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rraphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge / flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | process of examining |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction / twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing / stricture |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -throphy | developing |
| -y | condition / process |
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