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Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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algia | algesia - pain |
cele | herniation, swelling |
cide | killing, agent that kills |
cyte | cell |
emia | blood condition |
ism | condition, disease |
ist | specialist |
itis | inflammation |
logist | one who studies, specialist |
logia | logy - the study of |
lysis | destruction, break down |
megaly | enlarged |
oid | resembling, like |
oma | tumor, mass |
opia | opsia - vision |
osis | condition of |
phaty | disease |
plasm | growth/formation of tissue |
pnea | breath, breathing |
porosis | porous, decrease in density |
ptosis | drooping, prolapsed |
ptysis | spitting, sit up |
spasm | twitching, involuntary contraction |
therapy | treatment. |