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Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.

-acA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-alA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-algiaA word ending that means pain.
-anA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-arA word ending that means relating to or pertaining to.
-aryA word ending that means relating to.
-astheniaA word ending that means weakness or loss of strength.
-capniaA word ending that means carbon dioxide in the blood.
-celeA word ending that means a hernia, swelling or bulge.
-centesisA word ending that means a puncture with a needle to draw out fluid.
-cideA word ending that means killing, or something that kills.
-crineA word ending that means to secrete, or release a substance.
-cyteA word ending that means cell.
-desisA word ending that means binding or fusing together by surgery.
-ectasisA word ending that means stretching out or widening.
-ectomyA word ending that means surgical removal.
-edemaA word ending that means swelling caused by fluid in the tissues.
-emesisA word ending that means vomiting.
-emiaA word ending that means a condition of the blood, or something in the blood.
-esthesiaA word ending that means feeling or sensation.
-genA word ending that means something that produces or causes, or a beginning or origin.
-gramA word ending that means a record or picture made by a test.
-graphA word ending that means an instrument that records, or the record it makes.
-graphyA word ending that means the process of recording or making an image.
-iaA word ending that means a condition, often an abnormal one.
-iasisA word ending that means a condition or the presence of something, often an infection or stones.
-iatryA word ending that means medical treatment or a field of medicine.
-icA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-ionA word ending that turns a verb into a noun naming an action, a process or its result.
-isA noun ending from Greek or Latin, found in names of body parts and conditions.
-ismA word ending that means a condition, state or process.
-istA word ending that means a person who specializes in or practices something.
-itisA word ending that means inflammation.
-lithA word ending that means stone or a hard mass.
-logistA word ending that means a specialist who studies or treats something.
-logyA word ending that means the study of something.
-lysisA word ending that means breaking down, loosening or destroying.
-malaciaA word ending that means abnormal softening.
-meterA word ending that means an instrument for measuring.
-metryA word ending that means the process of measuring.
-oidA word ending that means like or resembling.
-omaA word ending that means tumor or mass.
-opiaA word ending that means vision or a condition of the eye.
-opsyA word ending that means viewing or looking at.
-osisA word ending that means an abnormal condition or process, or an increase.
-ostomyA word ending that means a surgically made opening, usually to the outside of the body.
-otomyA word ending that means cutting into, or a surgical incision.
-ousA word ending that makes an adjective, meaning relating to, having or full of.
-paresisA word ending that means partial loss of movement, or weakness.
-pathyA word ending that means disease of a part, or feeling.