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SUFFiXES
Suffixes are attached to the end of a word or root
SUFFIX | MEANING |
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AL | ABOUT, RELATED TO, PERTAINING TO |
ALGIA | PAIN |
ASTHENIA | WEAKNESS |
CENTESIS | PUNCTURE(SURGICAL) |
CIDE | DEATH, KILLING |
CRIN/O | SECRETE |
ECTOMY | REMOVAL |
EMESIS | VOMITING |
EMIA | BLOOD |
ER | PERSON WHO....., PRACTITIONER |
ESIS | CONDITION OF |
GENIC | ORIGIN |
GNOSIS | KNOWLEDGE |
GRAM | A RECORD |
GRAPHY | PRACTICE OF RECORDING |
IA | CONDITION |
IATRICS, IATRY | DISCIPLINE OF MEDICINE |
IC | ABOUT , RELATED TO, PERTAINING TO |
ISM | STATE , CONDITION |
IST | PERSON WHO STUDIES OR SPECIALIZES IN A CERTAIN SUBJECT 0R DISCIPLINE, PRACTITIONER |
ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
LEPSIS | SEIZURE |
LOGIST | A PERSON WHO STUDIES OR SPECIALIZE IN A CERTAIN SUBJECT OR DISCIPLINE |
LOGY | STUDY, SCIENCE OF , PRACTICE OF |
LYSIS | DESTRUCTION |
METER | MEASURE, INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE |
METRY | MEASURING |
OID | SIMILAR, RESEMBLING ,LIKE |
OMA | SWELLING, TUMOR |
OSE | SUGAR |
OSIS | ABDORMAL CONDITION |
OSTOMY | CREATION OF AN OPENING |
OUS | PERTAINING TO |
PATHY | DISEASE |
PHILIA | ATTRACTION FOR |
PHYLACTIC | PROTECTIVE, PREVENTIVE |
PHYLAXIS | PROTECTION |
PLASIA | FORMATION , DEVELOPMENT |
PLASTY | REPAIR THROUGH SURGERY |
PLEGIA | PARALYSIS, STROKE |
RRAGHIA | ABNORMAL / EXCESSIVE FLOW |
RRHEA | FLOW, DISCHARGE |
SCOPE | INSTRUMENT FOR EXAMINING |
SCOPY | EXAMINING BY INSTRUMENT |
STASIS | TO STOP |
STENOSIS | NARROWING |
THERMY | HEAT |
TION | CONDITION, STATE |
TROPHY | NUTRITION, DEVELOPMENT |