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SuffixA suffix is a word ending that modifies a root. A suffix may indicate that the word is a noun or an adjective and often determines how the definition of the word will begin. For example, using the root myel/o, meaning “bone marrow,” the adjective ending -oidforms the word myeloid, which means “like or pertaining to bone marrow.” The ending -omaproduces myeloma, which is a tumor of the bone marrow. Adding gen, which represents genesis or origin, and the adjective ending -ousforms the word myelogenous, meaning “originating in bone marrow.”ClassificationTable1:Suffixes that mean condition o