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med term suffixes
Question | Answer |
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a | noun ending; cyanoderma |
ac | pertaining to; cardiac |
ad | toward;caudad |
al | pertaining to; duodenal |
algesia | sensitivity to pain;analgesia |
algia | pain;myalgia |
ar | pertaining to; ventricular |
ary | pertaining to; pulmonary |
ate | something that; hemolysate |
blast | embryonic stage; leukoblast |
cele | swelling or herniation; cystocele |
centesis | surgical puncture; amniocentesis |
cide | to kill; spermicide |
clasis | crushing; osteoclasis |
cyte | cell; leukocyte |
desis | surgical fusion; arthodesis |
dynia | pain; cephalodynia |
e | noun ending; dermatome |
eal | pertaining to ; esophageal |
ectasia | dilation;gastrectasia |
ectasis | dilation;gastrectasis' |
ectomy | surgical removal; appendectomy |
emia | blood condition;hyperglycemia |
er | one who; radiographer |
esis | condition of; enuresis |
gen | that which generates; glycogen |
genesis | generating; lithogenesis |
genic | pertaining to formation; lithogenic |
gram | record;electrocardiogram |
graph | instrument used to record; electrocariograph |
graphy | process of recording; electrocardiography |
gravida | pregnancy;multigravida |
ia | condition, parapelgia |
ian | specialist in a field; dietician |
iasis | presence of an abnormal condition; cholelithiasis |
iatric | relating to medicine; pediatrics |
iatrician | one who treats; pediatrician |
iatrist | one who treats; psychiatrist |
iatry | medical treatment; psychiatry |
ic | pertaining to; thoracic |
ical | pertaining to ; neurological |
ician | specialist in a field; obstertrician |
ile | pertaining to; febrile |
ion | action;conduction |
ism | condition; hirtuism |
ist | prationer;pharmacist |
itis | inflammation; appendicitis |
ize | to make; anesthetize |
lepsy | seizure; narolepsy |
lith | stome;rhinolith |
lithiasis | presence or formation of stones; cholelithiasis |
logy | the study of;biology |
logist | one who specializes in the study of; biologist |
lysis | destruction;hemolysis |
lytic | destruction; hemolytic |
mania | mental disorder; meglomania |
megaly | enlargement; cardiomegaly |
meter | instrument used to mearsure; audiometer |
metry | the process of measuring; audiometry |
oid | resembling; mucoid |
ole | small; arteriole |
oma | tumor;lipoma |
opia | visual condition;myopia |
opsia | visual condition; hemianopsia |
opsy | process of viewing; biopsy |
ory | pertaining to ; auditory |
osis | condition; cyanosis |
ous | pertaining to; venous |
pathy | disease; adenopathy |
penia | decrease in; leukocytopenia |
pexy | surgical fixation; colpopexy |
philia | attraction to;necrophilia |
phobia | abnormal fear; arachnophobia |
plasia | formation; hyperplasia |
plasty | surgical repair;rhinoplasty |
plegia | paralysis;hemipalagia |
pnea | breathing; dyspnea |
ptosis | drooping or prolapse; colpoptosis |
rrhagia | excessive flow; menorrhagia |
rrhaphy | suturing;nephrorrhaphy |
rrhea | discharge; rhinorrhea |
rrhexis | rupture; arteriorrhexis |
scope | instrument used to view; ophthamoscope |
scopy | the process of viewing with a scope; ophthalmoscopy |
stasis | stopping; hemostasis |
stomy | surgical creation of a new opening; colostomy |
tic | pertaining to; cyanotic |
tion | process of; relaxation |
tomy | incision into; phelbotomy |
tripsy | intentional crushing; lithotripsy |
ula | small;macula |
ule | small one; venule |
um | identifies singular nouns; duodenum |
uria | characteristic of the urine; hematuria |
us | identifies singular noun; coccus |
y | condition; myopathy |