Ch. 3

-algia

pain
-cele

hernia
-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus (-cocci)

berry-shaped bacterium
-cyte

cell
-dynia

pain
-ectomy

excision/ removal/ resection
-emia

blood condition
-er

one who
-genesis

condition of producing/ forming
-gram

record
-graph

instrument for recording
-graphy

process of recording
-ia

condition
-ist

specialist
-itis

inflammation
-logy

study of
-lysis

breakdown/ destruction/ separation
-malacia

softening
-megaly

enlargement
-ole

little/ small
-oma

tumor/ mass/ collection of fluid
-opsy

to view
-osis

condition (usually abnormal)
-pathy

disease condition
-penia

deficiency
-phobia

fear
-plasia

development/ formation/ growth
-plasty

surgical repair
-ptosis

falling/ dropping/ prolapse
-sclerosis

hardening
-scope

instrument for visual examination
-scopy

process of visual examination using endoscope
-stasis

stopping/ controlling
-stomy

opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy

treatment
-tomy

incision/ cutting into
-trophy

development/ nourishment
-ule

little/ small
-um, -ium

structure/ tissue
-us

structure/ substance
-y

condition/ process

Author

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Ch. 3

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Ch. 3 Noun Suffixes

Updated

2010-09-11T21:52:22Z