1
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/ac
A
relating to
2
Q
/al
A
relating to
3
Q
/algia
A
pain
4
Q
/ar
A
relating to
5
Q
/ary
A
relating to
6
Q
/centesis
A
withdrawing fluid
7
Q
/cyte
A
cell
8
Q
/eal
A
relating to
9
Q
/ectomy
A
removal
10
Q
/emia or /hemia
A
throughout the blood
11
Q
/grade
A
go
12
Q
/gram
A
picture, record, tracing
13
Q
/graph
A
instrument that creates a picture or recording
14
Q
/graphy
A
process of creating a picture, record, or tracing
15
Q
/ia
A
condition
16
Q
/iac
A
relating to
17
Q
/ic
A
relating to
18
Q
/ior
A
relating to
19
Q
/ism
A
situation, process, condition
20
Q
/ist
A
one who does
21
Q
/itis, /itic
A
inflammation
22
Q
/ium
A
structure
23
Q
/logy
A
study of; also used as root word ‘log/o’
24
Q
/megaly
A
enlargement
25
/meter
distance measure, instrument to measure
26
/oid
like
27
/opsy
look at
28
/ose
like, relating to (also suffix for chemical name for sugar)
29
/osis
pathologic condition
30
/ous
relating to
31
/pathy
disease process
32
/scrope
instrument to see through or with
33
/stasis
control, hold in
34
/tic
relating to
35
/y
process of
36
When a suffix begins with a consonant
there is a combining vowel between the root word and the suffix
37
When the suffix begins with a vowel
there is no combining vowel between the root word and the suffix
38
There is usually a combining vowel between two root words in a compound word.
