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A&P Suffixes 5/11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algesia | pain |
| -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 separate |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | fixations, binding |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation; stretching, expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -gen | born or producing |
| -genesis, genic | producing, forming, origin |
| -glia | glue |
| -globin | protein |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| -gram | record, a writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| -ist | one who specializes |
| -itis | inflammations |
| -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 |
| -mnesia | memory |
| -oid | like; resembling |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| -para | to bear |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| -penia | deficiency, decrease |
| -pexy | fixation; to put in place |
| -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 |
| -rraphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual inspection |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stasis, static | stopping; control, standing still |
| -stenosis | stricture, narrowing |
| -stomy | new opening, forming an opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tome | instrument of cutting |
| -tomy | incision, cut into |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment; development |
| -ula | small |
| -ule | small |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | to turn |
| -y | process |
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