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Suffix. -clast. something that breaks ordestroys.
Correspondingly, what does the root word Clast mean?
-clast. suffix meaning "something thatbreaks": angioclast, cranioclast, myeloclast.
Similarly, what does Clast mean in anatomy?
The root term [-clast] arises from the Greek[κλαστός / klastes]meaning "to break". The root term [-clast-] is usedin medical terminology to mean "to destroy", or 'to breakdown". Variations of this term are the suffix [-(o)clasis] and thesuffix [-(o)clasia].
icle is a suffix from the latin word icus,meaning formed as/from. For example, the word icicleliterally means formed from ice. Suffix meaningspecialist. -ist. Suffix meaning condition,process.