Suffixes Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| -cyte | cell |
| -phagia | swallow, eat or drink |
| -pathy | disease |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -algia | pain |
| -ad | towards, in the direction of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -ectasis | expansion and dilation |
| -gram | picture or record |
| -lepsy | attack or seizure |
| -iatry | study of medicine |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -plasty | plastic repair |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -ostomy | surgically create an opening |
| -otomy | cutting into, incision |
| -ology | study of |
| -lysis | destruction or breakdown of |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -assay | to examine, analyze |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion |
| -lith | stone |
| -cytosis | abnormal cell condition |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement, large |
| -penia | too few |
| -phobia | fear |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardened condition |
| -spasm | involuntary muscle contrations |
| -stasis | stopping |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -uria | condition of the urine |
| -clasia | surgical breaking |
| -desis | surgical fixation |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -centesis | punture to withdraw fluid |
| -grapgy | process of recording |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -derma | skin condition |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -opia | vision |
| -osmia | sense of smell |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -partum | birth, labor |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pena | breathing |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -phasia | speech |
| -genic | producing |
| -nanometer | instrument for measuring pressure |
| -iatrist | physician |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -ptysis | spitting up, coughing |
| -ule | small |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -porosis | porous |
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