Suffixes
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lecifeldser on January 23, 2012
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Week 2 Suffixes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 algia | pain |
| cele | swelling |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| clasis | breaking |
| dynia | pain |
| ectasis | dilation |
| ectomy | excision |
| emia | blood condition |
| gen | to produce |
| graph | instrument to record |
| graphy | process of recording |
| gram | record |
| iasis | formation of |
| itis | inflammation |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| logist | one who studies |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | destroy, break down |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | measure |
| oid | resembling |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| paresis | incomplete paralysis or weakness |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | deficiency, lack |
| pexy | fixation |
| phagia | swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| philia | "love for" |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | formation |
| plasty | plastic repair, surpcial repair |
| plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| poiesis | formation |
| ptosis | falling |
| rrhage | bursgt forth |
| rrhea | discharge, flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scopy | visual exam |
| stasis | standing still |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| stomy | formation of new opening |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tomy | incision |
| toxic | poison |
| tripsy | crush |
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