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General Biology - Understanding Biological Terms Part 2
General Biology - Understanding Biological Terms Suffixes
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
01/12/2011

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-able, -ible
Definition
Able (viable - able to live)
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-ad
Definition
Used in anatomy to form adverbs of direction (cephalad - toward the head)
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-asis, -asia, -esis
Definition
Condition or state of (euthanasia - state of "good death")
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-cide
Definition
Kill, destroy (biocide - substance that kills living things)
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-emia
Definition
Condition of blood (anemia - a blood condition in which there is a lack of red blood cells)
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-gen
Definition
Something produced or generated or something that produces or generates (pathogen - an organism that produces disease)
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-gram
Definition
Record, write (electrocardiogram - an instrument for recording the electrical activity of the heart)
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-graph
Definition
Record, write (electrocardiograph - an instrument for recording the electrical activity of the heart)
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-ic
Definition
Adjective-forming suffix that means of or pertaining to (opthalmic - of or pertaining to the eye)
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-itis
Definition
Inflammation of (appendicitis - inflammation of the appendix)
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-logy
Definition
Study or science of (cytology - study of cells)
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-oid
Definition
Like, in the form of (thyroid - in the form of a shield, referring to the shape of the thyroid gland)
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-oma
Definition
Tumor (carcinoma - a malignant tumor)
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-osis
Definition
Indicates disease (psychosis - a mental disease)
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-pathy
Definition
Disease (dermopathy - disease of the skin)
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-phyll
Definition
Leaf (mesophyll - the middle tissue of the leaf)
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-scope
Definition
Instrument for viewing or observing (microscope - instrument for viewing small objects)
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