Common Suffixes 2
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- -a
- converts a word root to a noun
- -gen
- that which produces
- -ize
- to make , to use , take away
- -pexy
- surgical fixation
- -centesis
- puncture to withdraw fluid
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -genesis
- produces, generates
- -lith
- stone
- -rrhaphy
- suture
- -emia
- condition of the blood
- -lysis
- destruction
- -therapy
- treatment
- -rrhage
- excessive, abnormal flow
- -oma
- tumor , mass
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- -paresis
- weakness
- -phoria
- feeling , mental state
- -gram
- record or picture
- -blast
- immature,embryonic
- -stasis
- stopping
- -stenosis
- narrowing
- -ectasis
- dilatation
- -parous
- bearing, give birth
- -ptosis
- drooping
- -itis
- inflammation
- -partum
- birth , labor
- -ium , -um, -us
- coverts word root into a noun
- -pathy
- disease
- -penia
- few
- -phasia
- speech
- -logy
- study of
- -sclerosis
- hardening
- -ist
- one who specializes in
- -lapse
- to slide , lag
- -ion
- process
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -cide
- kill
- -ism
- state of
- -meter
- instrument of measuring
- -spasm
- involuntary muscle contraction
- -plegia
- paralysis
- -plasm
- formation , development
- -cele
- hernia, protrusion
- -ectomy
- surgical removal
- -iatric
- medicine , physician
- -pnea
- breathing
- -oid
- resembling
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-ac, -al, -an , -ar, -ary, -eal, -iac, -ic, -ical,-ile,
-ior,-ory, -ose, -ous,-tic
- pertaining to
- -ostomy
- surgically create an opening
- -cle
- small
- -physis
- to grow
- -malacia
- abnormal softening
- -cyte
- cell
- -otomy
- cutting into
- -megaly
- enlargement , large
- -logist
- one who studies
- -er
- one who
- -scope
- instrument for viewing
- -algia , -dynia
- pain
- -genic
- producing
- -metry
- process of measuring
- -phobia
- abnormal fear
- -ectopia
- displacement
- -scopy
- process of visually examining
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -stalsis
- constriction , contraction
- -sis
- condition
- -trophy
- nourishment, development
- -uria
- condition of the urine
- -plasia
- development , growth
- -cise
- cut
- -coccus
- berry-shaped
- -ia
- state, condition
- -ole , -ule
- small
- -iasis
- abnormal condition
- -osis
- abnormal condition