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A & P I
Word Part - Meaning - Suffixes Pgs 5-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -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 |
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