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• -eae

  plural of -ea: tracheae.

• -ean

  an element used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ea: crustacean. -an suffix (forming adjectives and nouns) belonging to or relating to; a person belonging to or coming from european (forming adjectives and nouns) typical of or resembling; a person typical of elizabethan (forming adjectives and nouns) adhering to or following; an adherent of […]

• -ectasia

  -ectasia or -ectasis suff. dilation: angiectasia.

• -ectomy

  a combining form meaning “excision” of the part specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: tonsillectomy. -ectomy combining form indicating surgical excision of a part appendectomy word origin from new latin -ectomia, from greek ek- out + -tomy -ectomy “surgical removal,” from gk. -ektomia “a cutting out of,” from ektemnein […]

• -ed

  a suffix forming the past tense of weak verbs: he crossed the river. -ed2 a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting from the action of the verb (inflated balloons). origin -ed3 a suffix forming adjectives from nouns: bearded; […]

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