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A&P Suffixes
Med term suffixes
Question | Answer |
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pain | -algesia |
pain | -algia |
beginning | -arche |
enzyme | -ase |
weakness | -asthenia |
carbon dioxide | -capnia |
hernia; protusion, swelling | -cele |
puncture | -centensis |
to kill | -cide |
break, fracture | -clasis |
injection | -clysis |
to seperate | -crit |
hearing | -cusis |
pregnancy | -cyesis |
cell | -cyte |
fixation, binding (of a bone or joint) | -desis |
pain | -dynia |
dilation, stretching, expansion | -ectasis |
removal; excision | -ectomy |
vomiting | -emesis |
blood | -emia |
born, or producing | -gen |
producing, forming, origin | -genesis, genic |
glue | -glia |
protein | -globin |
knowledge | -gnosis |
record, a writing | -gram |
instrument for recording | -graphy |
condition | -ia |
abnormal condition (usually produced by something specific) | -iasis |
pertaining to | -ic |
small | -icle |
one who specializes | -ist |
inflammation | -itis |
movement, motion | -kinesis |
stone, calculus | -lith |
specialist in the study of | -logist |
study of | -logy |
breaking up, separation, destruction | -lysis |
softening | -malacia |
madness | -mania |
enlargement | -megaly |
act of measuring | -metry |
instrument for measuring | -meter |
memory | -mnesia |
like; resembling | -old |
small | -ole |
tumor | -oma |
vision | -opia |
abnormal | -osis |
to bear (offspring) | -para |
partial paralysis | -paresis |
disease; emotion | -pathy |
deficiency, decrease | -penia |
fixation; to put in place (of an organ) | -pexy |
eat; swallow | -phagia |
speech | -phasia |
attraction for | -philia |
fear of | -phobia |
sound; voice | -phonia |
development; formation, growth | -plasia |
formation | -plasm |
surgical repair | -plasty |
paralysis | -plegia |
breathing | -pnea |
formation, production | -poiesis |
drooping, prolapse, downward displacement | -ptosis |
spitting | -ptysis |
burst forth | -rrhage, rrhagia |
suture | -rrhapy |
flow; discharge | -rrhea |
rupture | -rrhexis |
hardening | -sclerosis |
instrument for visual examination | -scope |
visual inspection | -scopy |
involuntary contraction, twitching | -spasm |
stopping, control, standing still | -stasis, static |
stricture, narrowing | -stenosis |
new opening, forming an opening | -stomy |
treatment | -therapy |
instrument for cutting | -tome |