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Special Suffixes
Most of these suffixes denote action or a condition.
Suffixes
- -mania : madness
- -edema : swelling
- -itis : inflammation of
- -lepsy : seizure
- -oma : tumor
- -tomy : cut
- -ism : condition
- -osis : abnormal condition
- -emia : blood condition
- -genic : forming
- -algia : pain
- -oid : like, resembling
Senses
- -opia : vision
- -opsia : vision
- -acousia : hearing
- -osmia : smell
- -osphrensia : smell
- -aphia : touch
- -geustia : taste
- -orexia : appetite
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