Unit 9 Suffixes

Suffix	Definition
–al	pertaining to
–algia	pain
–ant	word ending that indicates a substance having that property
–ar	pertaining to
–ary	pertaining to
–ate	shaped like
–ation	word ending that turns a verb into a noun
–cele	hernia
–centesis	puncture
–dynia	pain
–ectasis	dilation
–ectomy	cutting out of
–ema	Greek ending which puts "to be" before the word
–emia	present in blood, indicating disease
–genic	giving rise to
–gram	a record of a test or procedure
–graphy	a test or procedure
–ia	disease
–ic	pertaining to
–icity	condition or quality of being the thing indicated
–ion	word ending that turns a verb into a noun
–is	anatomical structure
–itis	inflammation
–ive	to go
–izer	device that performs the action indicated
–logist	one who studies
–logy	study of
–lytic	substance which breaks down
–malacia	softening due to disease
–meter	instrument for measuring
–metry	the act of measuring
–ole	diminutive suffix
–oma	tumor
–ory	pertaining to
–osis	process
–pexy	surgical fixation
–plasty	surgical revision
–plegia	inability to move
–ptosis	drooping
–rrhagia	bursting forth in disease
–rrhea	abnormal flow
–scope	instrument for looking inside
–scopy	the process of looking inside
–sion	word ending that turns a verb into a noun
–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
–us	anatomical structure word ending

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