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Ch. 5 B/L/I Systems
Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-al, -ar, -ic, -ical, -tic | pertaining to |
-ation | process, condition |
-blast | developing cell |
-crit | to separate |
-cyte | cell |
-e | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-emia | blood condition |
-emic | pertaining to blood condition |
-fusion | to pour; to come together |
-gen | substance that produces |
-globulin | protein |
-ia | condition |
in, -ine | chemical; chemical compound; substance |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
-lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor; mass |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-phage | eat; swallow |
-pheresis | removal |
-phil, -philia | love; attraction for |
-phoresis | transmission; carrying |
-plasm | formation; structure |
-plastic | pertaining to formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-poiesis | formation |
-rrhage | rupture; bursting forth (of blood) |
-sis | state; condition |
-stasis | stoppage of flow |
-suppression | to stop |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | process of cutting; incision |