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Medical Term Ch 2
Adjective, Noun, and Diminutive, Diagnostic, Pathololgical and Related Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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ia, ism | condition |
ar, al, ac, ary, eal, ic, ical, ie, ior, ous, tic | pertaining to |
itis | inflamation |
emesis | vomiting |
dynia | pain |
logy | study of |
gram | record or writing |
graph | instrument for recording |
graphy | process of recording |
meter | instrument for measuring |
metry | act of measuring |
scope | instrument for examining |
scopy | visual examination |
algia | pain |
cele | hernia or swelling |
ectasis | dilation or expansion |
edema | swelling |
emia | blood condition |
gen | forming, producing, origin |
genisis | forming, producing, origin |
iasis | abnormal condition |
lith | stone, calculus |
malacia | softening |
megaly | enlargement |
oma | tumor |
osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
pathy | disease |
penia | decrease, deficiency |
phagia | eating or swallowing |
phasia | speach |
phobia | fear |
plasia , plasm | formation or a growth |
plegia | paralysis |
ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
rrhage , rrhagia | bursting forth |
rrhexis | rupture |
sclerosis | hardening |
spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
stenosis | narrowing |
toxic | poison |
trophy | nourishment, development |
iatry | medicine, treatment |
ician, ist | specialist |
y | condition, process |
icle, ole, ule | small, minute |
gnosis | knowing |
logist | specialist in the study of |
tripsy | crushing |