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Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-blast, -blasto, -blastic | Bud; Germ |
-cyte, -cytic | Cell |
-ectasis | Expansion; Dilation |
-emia | Blood condition |
-ites, -itis | Inflammation |
-lysis, -lytic | Break down; Destruction; Dissolving |
-oma | Tumor |
-osis | Condition; Usually abnormal |
-pathy | Disease |
-penia | Deficiency; Lack of |
-phagia, -phagy | Eating; Swallowing |
-plasia, -plastic or -trophy | Growth |
-poiesis | Production |
-ptosis | Falling; Drooping |
-rrhage, -rrhagic | Bleeding |
-rrhea | Flow; Discharge |
-sclerosis | Hardening |
-malacia | Softening |
-stasis | Level; Unchanging |
-uria | In the urine |
-centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-ectomy | Cut out; Removal |
-gram | Record; Picture |
-ostomy | Opening |
-otomy | Incision |
-plasty | Surgical reconstruction |
-scope | For examining |