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Suffixes
Ending of a word
Question | Answer |
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-centesis | surgical puncture |
-clasis | to break; surgical fracture |
-desis | binding, fixation (of bone or Joint) |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
-pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | forming an opening |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-oid -ology | |
-oma | |
-opia | |
-opsy | |
-orrhaphy | |
-orrhea | |
-osis | |
-otomy | |
-oxia | |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
-pathy | disease |
-pepsia | |
-pexy | fixation |
-phagia | |
-phobia | exaggerated fear, sensitivity |
-phonia | sound |
-physis | |
-plasia | formation, development |
-plasm | |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | deficiency |
-poiesis | production |
-ptosis | falling, downward placement |
-salpinx | tube |
-sacoma | muscular, fleshlike tumor |
-schisis | |
-sclerosis | hardness |
-stasis | stop, stand |
-stenosis | narrow, constriction |
-thorax | chest |
-tocia | |
-tome | cutting instrument |
-trophy | growth |
-uria | urine |
-algia | pain |
-denia | pain |
-form | specified shape |
-genesis | production, formation |
-hexia | condition |
-ician | specialist |
-labile | unstable, perishable |
-logy | study of |