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1
Q

-an

A

not, without, lacking

2
Q

-aceous

A

of, pertaining to

3
Q

-al

A

having character of

4
Q

-ap, -aph-

A

touch

5
Q

-ate

A

verb form “the act of”

6
Q

-ation

A

noun form “the act of”

7
Q

-cell-

A

chamber, small room

8
Q

-chym-

A

juice

9
Q

-cul-, -cule

A

small, diminutive

10
Q

-cycle

A

ring, circle

11
Q

-cyst

A

sac, pouch, bladder

12
Q

-duct

A

lead

13
Q

-elle

A

small

14
Q

-emia

A

blood

15
Q

-en

A

made of

16
Q

-eous

A

nature of, like

17
Q

-fid

A

divided into

18
Q

-flect, -flex

A

bend

19
Q

-gen, -gine

A

producer, former

20
Q

-gene-

A

origin, birth

21
Q

-glob-

A

ball, round

22
Q

-gon

A

angle, corner

23
Q

-grad-

A

step

24
Q

-gram, -graph

A

record, writing

25
Q

-gross-

A

thick

26
Q

-hal-, -hale

A

breathe, breath

27
Q

-iae

A

person with disease

28
Q

-iasis

A

disease, abnormality

29
Q

-ic

A

adjective, pertaining to

30
Q

-ine

A

of or pertaining to

31
Q

-ism

A

state or condition of

32
Q

-ist

A

person who deals with

33
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

34
Q

-ium

A

refers to part of body

35
Q

-kary-

A

cell nucleus

36
Q

-less

A

without

37
Q

-log-

A

word, speech

38
Q

-logist

A

one who studies

39
Q

-logy

A

study of

40
Q

-lys, -lyt, -lyst

A

decompose, split

41
Q

-mer

A

part

42
Q

-meter, -metry

A

measurement

43
Q

-ner-

A

moist, liquid

44
Q

-node-

A

knot

45
Q

-nom-, -nomy

A

law, knowledge

46
Q

-ond

A

form, appearance

47
Q

-oma

A

abnormal, tumor

48
Q

-osis

A

abnormal

49
Q

-ous

A

full of

50
Q

-ped-

A

foot, child

51
Q

-pod

A

foot

52
Q

-scop-

A

look, seeing

53
Q

-scribe, -script

A

write

54
Q

-septic

A

infection, putrid

55
Q

-sis

A

condition, state

56
Q

-spher-

A

ball, round

57
Q

-the-, -thes-

A

put

58
Q

-thel-

A

cover a surface

59
Q

-tom-

A

cut, slice

60
Q

-trop-

A

turn, change

61
Q

-troph-

A

nourishment

62
Q

-ul-, -ule

A

diminutive, small