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Medical Term 1
suffixes
Term | Definition |
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ac- -al -ar -ry -eal -ic -ose -ous -tic | pertaining too |
-blast | immature |
-cyte | cell |
-e | noun marker |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | process of measuring |
-iatric | treatment |
-iatry | study of |
-logy | urology- study of |
-logist | one who specializes in the treatment or study of small |
-icle -ole -ula | small |
-ium/-eum | tissue or structure |
-ize -ate | make-use,subject to |
-or | one who |
-poiesis | formation |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | examination |
-stasis | stop or stand |
-algia -dymia | pain |
-cele | pouch,sac,or hernia |
-emesis | vomit |
-emia | condition of blood |
-form -oid | like or assembling |
-genic -genesis | begging,origin, or production |
-ia -ism | condition of |
-iasis | formation of, presence of |
-itis | immflamation |
-lysis | breaking down |
-malacia | softning |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-penia | abnormal reduction, lack of |
-phage | eat, evour |
-phagia | eating dirt |
-phagy | swallowing air |
-phile -philia | attraction for- love for hemophilia-attraction for blood |
-phobia | fear of |
-phasia | formation |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | drooping;falling or downward displacement |
-rrhage | to burst forth |
-rrhagia | condition of bleeding |
-rrhagic | relating to condition of bleeding |
-rrhea | discharge or flow |
-rrhexis | rupture or breaking |
-spasm | involuntary contaction |
-trophy | development |
-y | condition of process of |
-centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
-desis | binding |
-ectomy | excision;surgical removal |
-pexy | surgical suspension or fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair or Reconstruction |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | surgical creation of an artificial opening |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |