Chapter 3 Suffixes
Terms
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- -algia
- pain
- -cele
- hernia
- -centesis
- fluid removal
- -coccus
- berry-shaped bacteria
- -cyte
- cell
- -dynia
- pain
- -ectomy
- removal
- -emia
- blood condition
- -er
- one who
- -genesis
- forming
- -genic
- produced by, in
- -gram
- record
- -graph
- instrument to record
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -ia
- condition
- -ist
- specialist
- -itis
- inflammation
- -logy
- study of
- -lysis
- separation
- -malacia
- softening
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -ole
- small
- -oma
- tumor
- -opsy
- view living thing
- -osis
- abnormal condition
- -pathy
- disease condition
- -penia
- deficiency
- -phobia
- fear of
- -plasia
- development
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -ptosis
- drooping, sagging
- -sclerosis
- hardening
- -scope
- instrument
- -scopy
- process of viewing
- -stasis
- stop, control
- -stomy
- opening to form a mouth
- -therapy
- treatment
- -tomy
- cut into
- -trophy
- development, nourishment
- -ule
- small
- -um, -ium
- structure, tissue, thing
- -y
- condition, process