MTDC Suffixes Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
ac | pertaining to |
al | pertaining to |
ar | pertaining to |
ary | pertaining to |
eal | pertaining to |
ial | pertaining to |
ic | pertaining to |
ous | pertaining to |
algia | pain |
apheresis | removal |
ase | enzyme |
asthenia | weakness |
atresia | absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure |
capnia | carbon dioxide |
cele | hernia; protrusion |
centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
cidal | killing |
crine | separate; secrete |
cyte | cell |
desis | surgical fixation; fusion |
ectasis | stretching out; dilatation; expansion |
ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
emesis | vomiting |
emia | blood condition |
genesis | origin; cause |
genic | producing; originating; causing |
gram | record; x-ray film |
graph | instrument used to record |
graphy | process of recording; xray filming |
ia | condition of diseased or abnormal state |
ician | one who is a specialist |
ictal | seizure; attack |
ism | state of |
itis | inflammation |
lysis | loosening; dissolution; separating |
malacia | abnormal softening |
mania | madness; insane desire |
megaly | enlargement |
meter | instrument used to measure |
morph | form; shape |
odynia | pain |
oid | resembling |
ologist | one who studies and practices (specialist) |
ology | study of |
oma | tumor; swelling |
rhagia | rapid flow of blood |
rrhaphy | suturing; repairing |
rrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
rrhexis | rupture |
osis | abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots) |
ostomy | creation of an artificial opening |
otomy | cut into or incision |
oxia | oxygen |
paresis | slight paralysis |
pathy | disease |
penia | abnormal reduction in number |
pepsia | digestion |
pexy | surgical fixation; suspension |
phagia | eating; swallowing |
phobia | abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things |
phonia | sound or voice |
phoria | feeling |
plasia | formation; development; a growth |
plasm | growth; substance; formation |
plasty | plastic or surgical repair |
plegia | paralysis |
pnea | breathing |
poiesis | formation |
porosis | passage |
prandial | meal |
praxia | in front of; before |
ptosis | dropping; sagging; prolapse |
ptysis | spitting |
salpinx | fallopian tube |
sarcoma | malignant tumor |
schisis | split; fissure |
sclerosis | hardening |
scope | instrument used for visual examination |
scopy | visual examination |
scopic | visual examination |
sepsis | infection |
spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
stasis | control; stop |
stalsis | contraction |
stenosis | constriction; narrowing |
thorax | chest |
tocia | birth; labor |
tome | instrument used to cut |
tripsy | surgical crushing |
uria | urine; urination |
necrosis | tissue death |
dynia | pain |
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