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Bio Terminolgoy-Week 2
Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
06/28/2008
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-an, -ian
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ous, -ious
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ic, -tic, -ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ics,-tics
 Definition
art, science, or study of
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-oid, -ode
 Definition
like, having the shape of
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-emia, -hemia
 Definition
condition of the blood
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-logy
 Definition
systematic study of, science of
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-lysis
 Definition
dissolution of or by
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-mania
 Definition
madness for
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-pathy
 Definition
disease of, treatment of disease of or by
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-phobia
 Definition
-abnormal fear of
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment of or by
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-tomy
 Definition
surgical cutting of, surgical operation on
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal of
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-uria
 Definition
condition of the urine
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-genous,-genic
 Definition
producing, produced
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-hedron
 Definition
a solid figure having a specified number of faces
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-iasis
 Definition
diseased condition, one with parasites
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-meter
 Definition
instrument for measuring, measure
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-metry
 Definition
art or science of measuring
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-nomy
 Definition
sicence of, system of laws governing
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-oecious
 Definition
having a house or dwelling
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-philous, -philic,
 Definition
loving, thriving in, pollinated by the agency of
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-plasty
 Definition
formation
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-rrhea
 Definition
abnormal flow or discharge of
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-stomy
 Definition
the making of a surgical opening
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-ter
 Definition
means of, place for
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-ist, -ast
 Definition
one who
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-te,-t
 Definition
one who, that which
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-ician
 Definition
specialist in, practitioner of
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-ia, -y
 Definition
sate of, condition of, quality of
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-ism, -ismus
 Definition
condition of, belief of
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-sis, -sia, -sy, -se
 Definition
act of, process of, result of the act of
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-ma, -m, -me
 Definition
result of the act of
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