Suffix
Suffix
Suffix
Suffix
Suffix
100
Converts a root or a noun term to an adjective.
What is -ac, -al, -ar, -iatric, -ic, -ous, -oid, -aneous, -eous, -otic, -ular, -ous
100
Expansion or dilation
What is -ectasis, -ectasia
100
Origin, producing
What is -gen, -genic, -genesis
100
Specialty of, study of, practice of
What is -ian, -iatrist, -ist, -logist, -logy, -ics, -iatry, -iatrics
100
Disintegration
What is -lysis
200
Protrusion, hernia
What is -cele
200
Surgical removal
What is -ectomy
200
The protein of hemoglobin
What is -globin
200
A suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a condition
What is -iasis
200
Softening
What is -malacia
300
Surgical puncture
What is -centesis
300
Excessive fluid in intracellular tissues
What is -edema
300
Written or pictorial record
What is -gram
300
A noun-forming suffix indicating a practice or a doctrine
What is -ism
300
A morbid impulse toward a specific object or thought
What is -mania
400
Cell
What is -cyte
400
Vomiting
What is -emesis
400
Device for graphic or pictorial recording
What is -graph
400
Inflammation
What is -itis
400
Enlargement
What is -megaly
500
Surgical binding
What is -desis
500
Blood
What is -emia
500
Act of graphic or pictorial recording
What is -graphy
500
A stone, calculus, calcification
What is -lith
500
Device for measuring
What is -meter
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