Here's how it's used in different contexts:
* Anatomy: It often indicates a structure or pathway that connects different parts of the body, such as the digestive tract (the pathway food travels through) or the respiratory tract (the pathway air travels through).
* General use: It can also be used to describe the act of pulling or dragging something, like tractor (a vehicle used for pulling things) or contraction (the act of pulling something together).
Here are some examples of words with the suffix "-tract":
* Abduct: To take away by force.
* Attract: To draw something closer.
* Contract: To pull together, shrink.
* Extract: To pull something out.
* Retract: To pull back or take back something.
Remember that the suffix "-tract" is not always used in this way, and sometimes it can be part of a different word root or have a different meaning.