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Anatomy suffixes
Term | Definition |
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algesia, algia | pain |
arche | beginning |
ase | enzyme |
asthenia | weakness |
capnia | carbon dioxide |
cele | hernia |
centesis | puncture |
cide | to kill |
clasis | break, fracture |
clysis | injection |
crit | to separate |
cusis | hearing |
cyesis | pregnancy |
cyte | cell |
desis | fixation |
dynia | pain |
ectasis | dilation, stretching |
ectomy | removal |
emesis | vomiting |
emia | blood |
gen, genesis, genic | born or producing |
glia | glue |
globin | protein |
gnosis | knowledge |
gram | record, writing |
graph | instrument for recording |
graphy | process of recording |
ia | condition |
iasis | abnormal condition |
ic | pertaining to |
icle | small |
ist | one who specializes |
itis | inflammation |
kinesis | movement, motion |
lith | stone |
logist | specialist in the study of |
logy | study of |
lysis | breaking up, separate |
malacia | softening |
mania | madness |
megaly | enlargement |
metry | act of measuring |
meter | instrument for measuring |
mnesia | memory |
oid | like, resembling |
ole | small |
oma | tumor |
opia | vision |
osis | abnormal condition |
para | to bear |
paresis | partial paralysis |
pathy | disease |
penia | deficiency |
pexy | fixation |
phagia | eat or swallow |
phasia | speech |
philia | attraction |
phobia | fear of |
phonia | sound or voice |
plasia | development, growth |
plasm | formation |
plasty | surgical repair |
plegia | paralysis |
pnea | breathing |
poiesis | formation |
ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
ptysis | spitting |
rrhage, rrhagia | burst forth |
rrhea | flow, discharge |
rrhexis | rupture |
rrhapy | suture |
sclerosis | hardening |
scope | instrument for visual inspection |
scopy | visual inspection |
spasm | involuntary contraction |
stasis | stopping, standing still |
stenosis | stricture, narrowing |
stomy | new opening |
therapy | treatment |
tome | instrument for cutting |
tomy | incision, cut into |
toxic | poison |
tripsy | crushing |
trophy | nourishment, development |
ula, ule | small |
uria | urine |
version | to turn |
y | process |