Suffixes
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Sufixes and Combining Forms
Combining Forms
Combining Forms
100
-algia
What is pain
100
Softening.
What is -malacia.
100
-oid.
What is resembling.
100
Arthr/o.
What is joint.
100
Bronch/o
What are bronchial tubes.
200
Hernia
What is -cele.
200
Record.
What is -gram.
200
-genic.
What is pertaining to producing, produced by or in.
200
Clusters.
What is staphyl/o.
200
Cartilage.
What is chondr/o.
300
Berry shaped bacteria.
What is coccus (singular), cocci (plural).
300
-osis.
What is condition, usually abnormal.
300
Brain.
What is encephal/o.
300
Strept/o.
What are twisted chains.
300
Eye.
What is ophthalm/o.
400
-dynia
What is pain.
400
Disease, condition.
What is -pathy.
400
Pneumon/o.
What are lungs.
400
Extremities, top, extreme point.
What is acr/o.
400
Erythr/o.
What is red.
500
Excision, removal, resection.
What is -ectomy.
500
-sclerosis.
What is hardening.
500
Myel/o
What is spinal cord, bone marrow (context of useage, indicates meaning intended).
500
Kidney.
What is nephr/o or ren/o.
500
Isch/o.
What is to hold back.
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