Unit 4 Suffixes

-agon

assemble, gather

-amine

nitrogen compound

-blastoma

immature tumor (cells)

-dote

to give

-form

resembling, in the shape of

-in, -ine

substance

-leptic

pertaining to seizing, taking hold of

-lucent

to shine

-mania

obsessive preoccupation

-opaque

obscure

-phoria

to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

-plasm

formation; structure

-sol

solution

-somnia

to sleep

-stoma

Condition of the mouth

-thymia

Pertaining to mind

-tion, -ation

process of

-tocin

labor; birth (a substance for)

-tropic

pertaining to stimulating

-tropin

stimulate; act on