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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?
It means: pain
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What does the suffix -ation mean?
It means: process, condition
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What does the suffix -cele mean?
It means: herniation
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What does the suffix -emia mean?
It means: blood condition
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What does the suffix -ia mean?
It means: diseased or abnormal condition
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What does the suffix -ism mean?
It means: condition, process
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What does the suffix -itis mean?
It means: inflammation
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What does the suffix -lysis mean?
It means: loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
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What does the suffix -malacia mean?
It means: softening
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What does the suffix -megaly mean?
It means: enlargement
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What does the suffix -Oma mean?
It means: tumor, mass
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What does the suffix -osis mean?
It means: Abnormal condition
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What does the suffix -osis mean?
It means: Abnormal condition
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What does the suffix -pathy mean?
It means: disease condition
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What does the suffix -plegia mean?
It means: paralysis
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What does the suffix -pnea mean?
It means: breathing
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What does the suffix -rrhagia mean?
It means: rapid flow of blood
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What does the suffix -rrhea mean?
It means: flow, discharge
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What does the suffix -sclerosis mean?
It means: abnormal condition of hardening
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What does the suffix -stenosis mean?
It means: abnormal condition of narrowing
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What does the suffix -thesis mean?
It means: to put, place (state of placing or putting)
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What does the suffix -uria mean?
It means: urine condition
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What does the suffix -y mean?
It means: process of, condition
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What does the suffix -graph mean?
It means: instrument to record
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What does the suffix -gram mean?
It means: record or recording
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What does the suffix -meter mean?
It means: instrument to measure
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What does the suffix -scope mean?
It means: instrument to view
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What does the suffix -icle mean?
It means: small or tiny structure
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What does the suffix -ole mean?
It means: small or tiny structure
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What does the suffix -ule mean?
It means: small or tiny structure
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What does the suffix -cision mean?
It means: process of cutting
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What does the suffix -centesis mean?
It means: surgical puncture and aspiration of fluid
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What does the suffix -ectomy mean?
It means: surgical removal, excision, resection
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What does the suffix -graphy mean?
It means: process of recording
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What does the suffix -metry mean?
It means: process of measuring
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What does the suffix -opsy mean?
It means: process of viewing
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What does the suffix -pexy mean?
It means: surgical fixation
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What does the suffix -plasty mean?
It means: surgical repair
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What does the suffix -rrhaphy mean?
It means: suture repair
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What does the suffix -scopic mean?
It means: pertaining to visual examination
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What does the suffix -scopy mean?
It means: process of visual examination
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What does the suffix -section mean?
It means: to cut
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What does the suffix -stomy mean?
It means: surgical creation of artificial opening
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What does the suffix -tomy mean?
It means: incision, cut into
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What does the suffix -tripsy mean?
It means: crushing
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What does the suffix -ist mean?
It means: One who specializes
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What does the suffix -logist mean?
It means: one who specializes in the study of
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What does the suffix -logy mean?
It means: study of
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What does the suffix -ad mean?
It means: toward

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