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A&P Suffixes09
A&P Suffixes - Carnegie Institute
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algia | pain |
| arche | beginning |
| ASE | enzyme |
| asthenia | weakness |
| capnia | carbon dioxide |
| cele | hernia / protrusion / swelling |
| centesis | puncture |
| cide | to kill |
| clasis | break / fracture |
| clysis | injection |
| crit | to seperate |
| cusis | hearing |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| cyte | cell |
| desis | fixation / binding (of a bone or joint) |
| dynia | pain |
| ectasis | dilation / stretching / expansion |
| ectomy | removal / excision |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood |
| gen | born / or producing |
| glia | glue |
| globin | protein |
| gnosis | knowledge |
| gram | record / a writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ia | condition |
| iasis | abnormal condition / produced by someting specific |
| ic | pertaining to |
| icle | small |
| ist | one who specializes |
| itis | inflammation |
| kinesis | movement / motion |
| lith | stone calculus |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | breaking up / separation / destruction |
| 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 / Increase (primarily with blood cells) |
| para | to bear (offspring) |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| pathy | disease / emotion |
| penia | deficiency / decrease |
| pexy | fixation / to put in place (of an organ) |
| phagia | eat / swallow |
| phasia | speech |
| philia | attraction for |
| phobia | fear of |
| phonia | sound / voice |
| plasia | development / formation / growth |
| plasm | formation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | formation / production |
| ptosis | drooping / prolapse / downward displacement |
| ptysis | spitting |
| rrhage / rrhagia | burst forth |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| rrhea | flow / discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scope | instrument for visual examination |
| scopy | visual inspection |
| spasm | involuntary contraction / twitching |
| stasis | stopping / control / standing still |
| stenosis | stricture / narrowing |
| stomy | new opening / forming an 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 |
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