| Term | Definition |
|---|
| -able, -ible | ability |
| -er | one who or one which |
| -ism | condition, state, or theory |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ity | quality |
| -logos | study |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -osis | condition, status, process |
| -ous | possessing, having, full of |
| -tion | condition |
| -acr/o or arc | concerning the extremeties |
| dermat/o | skin |
| gastr | stomach |
| -ectomy | to cut out |
| -tomy | to cut into |
| -tome | an instrument that cuts slices |
| -ostomy | form a surgical artificial opening |
| -graph | instrument used to record data |
| -gram | a picture or record |
| -graphy | the process of making a recording of data |
| -algia | pain |
| -pathy | disease |
| -cyte | cell |
| -blast | embryonic or immature cell |
| -emia | blood |
| -logy | study of |
| -meter | instrument used to measure or count something |
| -metry | process of measuring or counting |
| -penia | decrease |
| -osis | increase |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| aden/o | glands |
| -oma | tumor |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| meta- | beyond |
| -stasis | in one place |
| melan/o | black |
| -oid | like or resembling |
| neo- | new |
| anti- | against |
| -plast/ic | adjective suffix for abnormal growth |
| -genesis | development |
| cephal | head |
| encephal/o | brain |
| -cele | abnormal protrusion or swelling |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| carni/o | skull |
Combine with other sets
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