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1
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What is a suffix?

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A suffix is added to the end of the word.

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What does the suffix -ac mean?

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It means: pertaining to

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What does the suffix -al mean?

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It means: pertaining to

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What does the suffix -ar mean?

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It means: pertaining to

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What does the suffix -ary mean

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It means: pertaining to

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What does the suffix -eal mean?

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It means: pertaining to

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What does the suffix -ent mean?

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It means: pertaining to

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What does the suffix -ic mean?

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It means: pertaining to

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What does the suffix -ine mean?

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It means: pertaining to

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What does the suffix -ous mean?

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It means: pertaining to

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What does the suffix -tic mean?

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It means: pertaining to

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What does the suffix -crine mean?

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It means: secretion

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What does the suffix -dipsia mean?

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It means: thirst

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What does the suffix -gen mean?

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It means: to produce

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What does the suffix -is mean?

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It means: structure

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What does the suffix -lapse mean?

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It means: to fall, slide

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What does the suffix -partum mean?

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It means: birth

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What does the suffix -phagia mean?

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It means: to eat, swallow

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What does the suffix -phasia mean?

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It means: to speak

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What does the suffix -plasm mean?

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It means: formation

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What does the suffix -stasis mean?

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It means: to stand, place, stop, control

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What does the suffix -tension mean?

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It means: pressure

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What does the suffix -trophy mean?

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It means: nourishment, development

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What does the suffix -um mean?

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It means: structure, membrane

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What does the suffix -algia mean?

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It means: pain

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What does the suffix -ation mean?

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It means: process, condition

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What does the suffix -cele mean?

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It means: herniation

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What does the suffix -emia mean?

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It means: blood condition

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What does the suffix -ia mean?

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It means: diseased or abnormal condition

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What does the suffix -ism mean?

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It means: condition, process

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What does the suffix -itis mean?

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It means: inflammation

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What does the suffix -lysis mean?

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It means: loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction

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What does the suffix -malacia mean?

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It means: softening

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What does the suffix -megaly mean?

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It means: enlargement

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What does the suffix -Oma mean?

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It means: tumor, mass

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What does the suffix -osis mean?

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It means: Abnormal condition

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What does the suffix -osis mean?

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It means: Abnormal condition

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What does the suffix -pathy mean?

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It means: disease condition

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What does the suffix -plegia mean?

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It means: paralysis

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What does the suffix -pnea mean?

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It means: breathing

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What does the suffix -rrhagia mean?

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It means: rapid flow of blood

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What does the suffix -rrhea mean?

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It means: flow, discharge

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What does the suffix -sclerosis mean?

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It means: abnormal condition of hardening

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What does the suffix -stenosis mean?

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It means: abnormal condition of narrowing

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What does the suffix -thesis mean?

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It means: to put, place (state of placing or putting)

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What does the suffix -uria mean?

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It means: urine condition

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What does the suffix -y mean?

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It means: process of, condition

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What does the suffix -graph mean?

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It means: instrument to record

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What does the suffix -gram mean?

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It means: record or recording

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What does the suffix -meter mean?

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It means: instrument to measure

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What does the suffix -scope mean?

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It means: instrument to view

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What does the suffix -icle mean?

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It means: small or tiny structure

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What does the suffix -ole mean?

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It means: small or tiny structure

54
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What does the suffix -ule mean?

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It means: small or tiny structure

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What does the suffix -cision mean?

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It means: process of cutting

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What does the suffix -centesis mean?

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It means: surgical puncture and aspiration of fluid

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What does the suffix -ectomy mean?

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It means: surgical removal, excision, resection

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What does the suffix -graphy mean?

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It means: process of recording

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What does the suffix -metry mean?

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It means: process of measuring

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What does the suffix -opsy mean?

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It means: process of viewing

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What does the suffix -pexy mean?

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It means: surgical fixation

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What does the suffix -plasty mean?

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It means: surgical repair

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What does the suffix -rrhaphy mean?

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It means: suture repair

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What does the suffix -scopic mean?

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It means: pertaining to visual examination

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What does the suffix -scopy mean?

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It means: process of visual examination

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What does the suffix -section mean?

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It means: to cut

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What does the suffix -stomy mean?

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It means: surgical creation of artificial opening

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What does the suffix -tomy mean?

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It means: incision, cut into

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What does the suffix -tripsy mean?

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It means: crushing

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What does the suffix -ist mean?

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It means: One who specializes

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What does the suffix -logist mean?

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It means: one who specializes in the study of

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What does the suffix -logy mean?

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It means: study of

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What does the suffix -ad mean?

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It means: toward

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