Medical Terminology -Ch. 4 Study Section SUFFIXES

-crine

secrete

-drome

run

-fusion

coming together; to pour

-gen

substance that produces

-lapse

slide; fall; sag

-lysis

destruction; breakdown; separation

-meter

measure

-mission

send

-or

one who

-oxia

oxygen

-partum

birth; labor

-phoria

bear; carry; feeling (mental state)

-physis

grow

-plasia

development; formation; growth

-plasm

structure; formation

-pnea

breathing

-ptom

happening; occurrence

-ptosis

drooping; falling; prolapse

-rrhea

flow; discharge

-stasis

stopping; controlling

-trophy

nourishment; develpment