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Suffixes
Medical terminology
Term | Definition |
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-acusis | hearing |
-al -eal -ar -ary -ic | pertaining to |
-ad | toward |
-algesia -algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-arche | beginning |
-ate | posessing |
-ation | process of |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-cardia | heart condition |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-ception | conceiving |
-cide | killing |
-cision | a cut |
-clasia -clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
-clast | to break |
-cleisis | closure |
-clysis | irrigation, wahsing |
-continence | to hold back |
-crine | secrete |
-cusia | hearing |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-cyte | cell |
-derma | skin |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-dipsia | thirst |
-dyction | act of leading or bringing |
-dynia | pain |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-edema | swelling |
-ema | condition, state of |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-esis | condition |
-esthesia | feeling |
-ferent | to carry |
-gen -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
-glia | glue |
-globin | protein |
-gnosis | knowing |
-grade | to go |
-graft | transplantation |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-gravida | pregnant women |
-ia | condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-iatry | medicine, treatment |
-ician | specialist |
-icle | small, minute |
-icterus | jaundice |
-ion | act of |
-ism | condition |
-ist | specialist |
-isy | state of, condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-ization | the process |
-kinesia | movement |
-lalia | speech, babble |
-lepsy | seizure |
-listhesis | slipping |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-lucent | to shine, clear |
-lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | act of measuring |
-oid | resembling |
-ole | small, minute |
-opia | vision |
-opaque | obscure |
-orexia | appetite |
-osis | abnormal condition, increase |
-osmia | small |
-oxia | oxygen |
-oma | tumor |
-para | to bear |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease, deficient |
-pepsia | digestion |
-pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
-phage | swallowing, eating |
-phasia | speech |
-phil -philia | attraction for |
-phobia | fear of |
-phonia | voice |
-phoresis | carrying, transmission |
-phoria | feeling |
-plakia | plaque |
-plasia -plasm | growth, formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-plexy | stroke |
-pnea | breathing |
-potence | power |
-pradial | meal |
-ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-salpinx | tube |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-schisis | a splitting |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | visual exam |
-sis | state of, condition |
-spadias | slit, fissure |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-sphyxia | pulse |
-stasis | standing still |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-tension | to stretch |
-therapy | treatment |
-thorax | chest |
-tocia | childbirth, labor |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-toxic | poison |
-tripsy | crushing |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-tropia | turning |
-tropin | stimulate |
-ula | small, minute |
-um | structure, thing |
-uria | urine |
-us | condition, structure |
-verse | to turn |
-version | turning |
-y | condition, process |