What the body does

12 suffixes. Read them through, then practice: a question on each, then words to take apart and build. 16 questions, about 4 minutes.

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The suffixes and what they mean

-pnea: breathing
-phagia: eating, swallowing
-uria: urine, urination
-phasia: speech
-poiesis: formation, production
-stasis: stopping, standstill, control
-emesis: vomiting
-opia: vision
-kinesia: movement, motion
-lepsy: seizure, attack
-parous, -para: bearing, having given birth
-gravida: pregnant woman