CHAPTER 4 SUFFIXES

blood

-emia

bursting forth

-rrhexis

cell

-cyte

condition

-osis,-iasis,-ia,-ism

to crush

-trispy

to cut into

-tomy

cutting instrument

-tome

destroy

-lysis

disease of

-pathy

drooping

-ptosis

enlargement

-megaly

enzyme-related

-ase

fear

-phobia

flow or discharge

-rrhea

formation

gensis

hardening

-sclerosis

herniation

-cele

infestation

-iasis

inflamation

-itis

instrument to examine

-scope

instrument to measure

-meter

instrument to record data

-graph

involuntary movement

-spasm

kill

-cide

lack of

-penia

live birth

-para

madness

-mania

make a new opening

-ostomy

measurement

-metry

morbidity or unhealthy condition

-ia

narrowing

-stenosis

nutrition/development

-trophy

one who

-er

pain

-algia,-dynia

pertaining to

-ic,-al,-otic,-ac,-ar,-ous,-ical

picture

-gram

pregnancy

-gravida

process of

-y

recording of data

-graphy

to remove or cut out

-ectomy

resembling

-oid

seizure

-lepsy

small in size

-ule,-ole

softening

-malacia

specialist

-ist

staying in one place

-stasis

stone

-lith

strecthing

-ectasia

study of

-logy

surgical fixation

-pexy

surgical puncture

-centesis

to surgical repair

-plasty

swelling

-edema

treatment

-therapy

tumor

-oma:

vomiting

-emesis

washing

-clysis

blood

-emia

bursting forth

-rrhexis

cell

-cyte

condition

-osis,-iasis,-ia,-ism

to crush

-trispy

to cut into

-tomy

cutting instrument

-tome

destroy

-lysis

disease of

-pathy

drooping

-ptosis

enlargement

-megaly

enzyme-related

-ase

fear

-phobia

flow or discharge

-rrhea

formation

gensis

hardening

-sclerosis

herniation

-cele

infestation

-iasis

inflamation

-itis

instrument to examine

-scope

instrument to measure

-meter

instrument to record data

-graph

involuntary movement

-spasm

kill

-cide

lack of

-penia

live birth

-para

madness

-mania

make a new opening

-ostomy

measurement

-metry

morbidity or unhealthy condition

-ia

narrowing

-stenosis

nutrition/development

-trophy

one who

-er

pain

-algia,-dynia

pertaining to

-ic,-al,-otic,-ac,-ar,-ous,-ical

picture

-gram

pregnancy

-gravida

process of

-y

recording of data

-graphy

to remove or cut out

-ectomy

resembling

-oid

seizure

-lepsy

small in size

-ule,-ole

softening

-malacia

specialist

-ist

staying in one place

-stasis

stone

-lith

strecthing

-ectasia

study of

-logy

surgical fixation

-pexy

surgical puncture

-centesis

to surgical repair

-plasty

swelling

-edema

treatment

-therapy

tumor

-oma:

vomiting

-emesis

washing

-clysis