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medical terms sux2
medical terminology suffixes 2
Question | Answer |
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logist | specialist in the study of |
logy | study of |
lysis | breaking up; separation, destruction |
malacia | softening |
mania | madness |
megaly | enlargement |
metry | act of measuring |
meter | instrument for measuring |
mnesia | memory |
oid | like; resembling |
ole | small |
oma | tumor |
opia | vision |
osis | abnormal condition, increase |
para | to bear (off spring) |
paresis | partial paralysis |
pathy | disease; emotion |
penia | deficiency; decrease |
pexy | fixation; to put in place (of an organ) |
phagia | eat; swallow |
phasia | speech |
philia | attraction for |
phobia | fear of |
phonia | sound; voice |
plasia | development; formation, growth |
plasm | formation |
plasty | surgical repair |
plegia | paralysis |
pnea | breathing |
poiesis | formation; production |
ptosis | drooping, prolapse, downward displacement |
ptysis | spitting |
rrhage | burst forth |
rrhagia | burst forth |
rrhaphy | suture |
rrhea | flow; discharge |
rrhexis | rupture |
sclerosis | hardening |
scope | instrument for visual examination |
scopy | visual inspection |
spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
stasis, static | stopping; control, standing still |
stenosis | stricture; narrowing |
stomy | new opening, forming an opening |
therapy | treatment |
tome | instrument for cutting |
tomy | incision, cut into |
toxic | poison |
tripsy | crushing |
trophy | nourishment; development |
ula | small |
ule | small |
version | to turn |
y | process |
uria | Urine |
lith | stone, calculus |
algesia | pain |
algia | pain |
arche | beginning |
ase | enzyme |
asthenia | weakness |
capnia | carbon dioxide |
cele | hernia; protrusion, swelling |
centesis | punture |
cide | to kill |
clasis | break, fracture |
clysis | injection |
crit | to separate |
cusis | hearing |
cyesis | pregnancy |
cyte | cell |
desis | fixation, binding (of a bone or joint) |
dynia | pain |
ectasis | dilation; stretching, expansion |
ectomy | removal; excision |
emesis | vomiting |
emia | blood |
gen | born, or producing |
genesis, genic | producing, forming, orgin |
glia | glue |
globin | protein |
gnosis | knowledge |
gram | record of writing |
graph | instrument of recording |
graphy | process of recording |
ia | condition |
iasis | abnormal condition |
ic | pertaining to |
icle | small |
ist | one who specializes |
itis | inflammation |
kinesis | movement, motion |