JW - Suffixes Word Scramble
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Suffix | Meaning |
-ac, -al, -ar,- ary,- eal, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
-algia,- cynia | pain |
-asthenia | without strength |
-cele | pouching or hernia |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-ectasis | expansion or dilation |
-ectomy | removal |
-edema | swelling |
-ema | condition |
-emisis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-esthenia | lack of sensation |
-genic | origin or production |
-gram | record |
-graph | recording instrument |
-graphy | recording process |
-ia, -ism | condition of |
-iasis | condition, formation of |
-iatry | treatment |
-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule | small |
-itis | inflammation |
-ium | tissue or structure |
-lepsy | seizure |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-logy, -ology | study of |
-lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | measuring instrument |
-metry | measuring process |
-mycosis | fungal infection |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-opia, -opsia | vision |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-osmia | smell |
-paresis | partial paralysis |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | swallowing |
-phasia | speech |
-philia | attraction for |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | formation, development |
-plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
-plegia | paralysis, stroke |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhage | to burst forth |
-rrhea | discharge |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | examination instrument |
-scopy | examination |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-stasis | stop or stand |
-tocia | childbirth, labor |
-tomy | incision |
-toxic | poison |
-tropea | to turn |
-tropic | stimulate |
-trophy | nutrition, growth |
-y | condition, process of |
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