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Suffixes indicating
ch 2 medical terminology- suffixes indicating diseases or abnormal conditions
Term | Definition |
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Categories of Suffixes | - diseases or abnormal conditions - surgical procedure - diagnostic procedure - general suffixes - medical specialties or personnel - converts word roots into adjectives |
- algia | pain |
- asthenia | weakness |
- cele | hernia, protrusion |
- dynia | pain |
- cytosis | abnormal cell condition ( too many) |
- ectasis | dilated, stretched out |
- edema | swelling |
- emesis | vomiting |
- emia | condition of the blood |
- ia | state, condition |
- iasis | abnormal condition |
- ism | state of, condition |
-itis | inflammation |
- lith | stone |
- lysis | destruction |
- lytic | destruction |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement, large |
- oma | tumor, mass |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
- penia | too few |
-phobia | fear |
- plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | hardened condition |
-spasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
-stasis | stopping |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-toxic | poison |
-uria | condition of the urine |