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15 Cards in this Set
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-al
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
A Latin-derived adjectival suffix; pertaining to, located in |
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-ase
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Noun-forming Suffix
forms names of enzymes |
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-asia, -asis (rare)
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Noun-forming Suffix
state, condition |
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-ema
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Noun-forming Suffix
state, condition |
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-esis
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Noun-forming Suffix
state, condition, procedure |
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-etic
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Adjective-forming Suffix (often from nouns ending in -esis)
pertaining to |
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-ics, -tics
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Noun-forming Suffix
(indicates particular) science or study of |
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-ism
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Noun-forming Suffix
state, condition, quality |
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-ismus
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Noun-forming Suffix
state, condition, muscular spasm |
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-oid, (rarely) -ode, -id
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Noun-forming Suffix or Adjective-forming Suffix
like, resembling |
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-oma
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Noun-forming Suffix
tumor, (occasionally) disease |
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-ose
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Adjective-forming and Noun-forming Suffix (Latin-derived)
(adj) full of, resembling; (noun) name of chemical substance |
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-ous
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Adjective-forming Suffix (Latin-derived)
pertaining to, characterized by, full of |
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-us
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Noun-forming Suffix (Latin-derived)
condition, person, (sometimes a malformed fetus) |
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-ize
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Verb-forming Suffix
to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in |
