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Biological and Medical Suffixes K-M
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LIST OF SUFFIXES:
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-kinesis [from Greek kinesis motion] Motion (bradykinesis). -labial [from Latin labium lip] Pertaining to the lips (buccogingival). -lagos or -lagus [from Greek lagos hare] Hare (Dendrolagus = "tree hare," the generic name for tree kangaroos). -lalia or -laly [from Greek lalia chatter] Denotes a speech disorder of a type suggested by the prefix, especially one involving articulation of sounds (echolalia).-lemma [Greek lemma rind, husk] Covering, sheath, membrane, envelope (axolemma). -lepis [Greek lepis flake, scale] (in taxonomic names) Denotes flake(s) or scale(s) (Quercus chrysolepis). -lepsia or -lepsis or -lepsy [from Greek lepsis seizure] Seizure (epilepsy). -lite or -lith [from Greek lithos stone] Stone, calculus (gastrolith). -logia or -logy [from Greek logos explanation, law, theory, reasoning, speech] Doctrine, theory, discipline, science or study of the thing indicated by the root or prefix (pathology). -logist [from Greek logos explanation, law, theory, reasoning, speech] Specialist in the study of the thing indicated by the root or prefix (biologist). -lyse See: -lyze. -lysis [from Greek lysis loosing, breaking up, parting, releasing] Destruction, disintegration, decomposition, breaking up (autolysis, catalysis). -lyte [from Greek lysis loosing, breaking up, parting, releasing] Product of breakdown or decomposition (electrolyte). -lytic [from Greek lysis loosing, breaking up, parting, releasing] Destroying, loosening, causing disintegration or decomposition (cytolytic, catalytic). -lyze (British -lyse) [from Greek lysis loosing, breaking up, parting, releasing] Undergo or cause to undergo decomposition or disintegration (catalyze).
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-malacia [from Greek malaxis softening] Denotes softening of the thing indicated by the root or prefix (hepatomalacia).
-megaly. [from Greek megas, megale big, great, full-grown, vast, high] Denotes enlargement of the thing indicated by the root or prefix (hepatomegaly). -mer or -meride [from Greek meros share, portion, part] Having the number or type of segments or parts indicated by the root or prefix (dimer). -mere [from Greek meros share, portion, part] Portion or segment of the type indicated by the root or prefix (centromere). -meric or -mery [from Greek meros share, portion, part] Having part(s) or segment(s) of the type or number indicated by the root or prefix (dimeric). -meris [from Greek meros share, portion, part] (in taxonomic names) One having part(s) or segment(s) of the type or number indicated by the root or prefix (Trimeris). -meter [from Greek metron measure, rule] (1) instrument measuring the thing indicated by the root or prefix (thermometer); (2) a length consisting of the number of meters indicated by the root or prefix (kilometer). -metra [from Greek metra uterus] Of, or relating to, the uterus (physometra). -metry [from Greek metron measure, rule] Measurement, or the profession of measuring, the thing indicated by the root or prefix (optometry). -mimesis [from Greek mimeomai to mimic, imitate, repressent] Mimicking the condition indicated by the root or prefix (necromimesis). -morph [from Greek morphe form, shape, kind, sort] Having the form, being of the type indicated by the root or prefix (mesomorph). -myxa [from Greek myxa mucus] One(s) composed of slime of the type indicated by the root or prefix (Pelomyxa).  |
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