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Med Termi Mid-term
Mod 1-9 Suffixes & meanings
Question | Answer |
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-AC, -AL, -IC, -ICAL | pertaining to |
-ac, -iac | pertaining to |
-al, -ar, -ary, -eal | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-coccus (plural: -cocci) | berry-shaped baterium (plural:bacteria) |
-cyte | cell |
-dynia | pain |
-eal, -iac, -ior | pertaining to |
-ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
-emia | blood condition |
-er | one who |
-genesis | condition of producing, forming |
-GENIC | pertaining to producing, produced by or produced in |
-GLOBIN | protein |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-ION | process |
-ism | process, condition |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-ole; -ule | little, small |
-oma | tumor/mass, collection of fluid |
-opsy | to view |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-ous, -tic | pertaining to |
-pathy | disease/condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | development, formation, growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-scopy | process of visual examination (with an endoscope) |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | incision, cutting into |
-trophy | relationship to nourishment or development |
-um, -ium | structure, tissue |
-us | structure, substance |
-y | condition, process |