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Chapter 4 suffixes

  1. -blast
    embryonic, immature
  2. -crine
    to secrete
  3. -cyesis
    pregnancy
  4. -drome
    to run
  5. -fusion
    coming together; to pour
  6. -gen
    substance that produces
  7. -lapse
    to side, fall, sag
  8. -lysis
    breakdown, separation, loosening
  9. -meter
    to measure
  10. -mission
    to send
  11. -or
    one who
  12. -partum
    birth, labor
  13. -phoria
    to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
  14. -physis
    to grow
  15. -plasia
    development, formation
  16. -plasm
    structure or formation
  17. -pnea
    breathing
  18. -ptosis
    droop, sag, prolapse
  19. -rrhea
    flow, discharge
  20. -stasis
    stop, control
  21. -trophy
    nourishment, development
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Chapter 4 suffixes
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The Language of Medicine 8th Edidtion Chapter 4 suffixes
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