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CastilloSuffixes
Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-asthenia | weakness |
-atresia | closure |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | puncture |
-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 | inflamation |
-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 |
-paraous | 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 |
-spasma | 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 |
-ian -ician -iatrist | specialist in a field of study |
-ist -logist | one who specializes in a field of study |
-iatrics -iatry | a field of medicine |
-graphy -scopy -logy -pathy |