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Word Part - Meaning - Suffixes Pgs 5-6
Question | Answer |
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-al, -ac, -ic, -ac | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-aps, -apt | fit, fasten |
-arche | beginning, origin |
-ase | signifies an enzyme |
-blast | sprout, make |
-centesis | a piercing |
-cide | to kill |
-clast | break, destroy |
-crine | release, secrete |
-ectomy | a cutting out |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | refers to blood condition |
-flux | flow |
-gen | creates, forms |
-genesis | creation, production |
-gram | something written |
-graph(y) | to write, draw |
-hydrate | containing H20 (water) |
-ia, -sia, -osis | condition, process |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-in | signifies a protein |
-ism | signifies "condition of" |
-itis | signifies "inflamation of" |
-lemma | rind, peel |
-lepsy | seizure |
-lith | stone, rock |
-logy | study of |
-lunar | moon, moonlike |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-metric, -metry | measurement, length |
-oid | like, in the shape of |
-oma | tumor |
-opia | vision, vision condition |
-oscopy | viewing |
-ose | signifies a carbohydrate (especially sugar) |
-ostomy | formation of an opening |
-otomy | cut |
-penia | lack |
-philic | loving |
-phobic | fearing |
-phragm | partition |
-plasia | growth, formation |
-plasm | substance, matter |
-plasty | shape, make |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breath, breathing |
-(r)rhage, -(r)rhagia | breaking out, discharge |
-(r)rhaphy | sew, suture |
-(r)rhea | flow |
-some | body |
-tensin, -tension | pressure |
-tonic | pressure, tension |
-tripsy | crushing |
-ule | small, little |
-uria | refers to urine condition |