Unit 11 Suffixes

Suffix Definition
–al pertaining to
–algia pain
–ar pertaining to
–ary pertaining to
–ation word ending that turns a verb into a noun
–cele hernia
–cle diminutive suffix
–dynia pain
–eal pertaining to
–ectasia dilated condition
–ectasis dilation
–ectomy cutting out of
–emia present in blood, indicating disease
–ence word ending that turns an adjective into a noun
–esis process
–etic a drug causing a process
–genic giving rise to
–gram a record of a test or procedure
–graphy a test or procedure
–ia disease
–iasis presence of an abnormality
–ic pertaining to
–in chemical name ending
–ing at the end of a verb, means "ongoing"
–ion word ending that turns a verb into a noun
–ism belief; process word ending
–itis inflammation
–lith stone
–logist one who studies
–logy study of
–lysis breaking down; destroying
–malacia softening due to disease
–megaly enlargement due to disease
–oma tumor
–on unit of anatomical structure
–or muscle that has that action
–osis process
–pathy disease process
–pexy surgical fixation
–plasty surgical revision
–plegia inability to move
–poiesis creation process
–ptosis drooping
–rrhaphy suturing
–rrhea abnormal flow
–rrhexis rupture
–scope instrument for looking inside
–scopy the process of looking inside
–spasm involuntary contraction
–stenosis abnormal narrowing of an opening
–stomy creating an opening with surgery
–tion word ending that turns a verb into a noun
–tomy cutting
–trophy nourishment, growth
–ule diminutive suffix
–us anatomical structure ending

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