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med term chap2 suffi
med term suffix
Question | Answer |
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-centesis | surgical puncture |
-clasis | to break; surgical fracture(of bone or joint) |
-desis | binding, fixation(of a bone or joint |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-lysis | separation, destruction, lossening |
-plexy | fixation (of an organ) |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | forming an opening(mouth) |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-gram | record, writing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-meter | insrument for measuring |
-metry | act of measuring |
-scope | instriment for examining |
-scopy | visual examination |
-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-edema | swelling |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | forming, producing, origin |
genesis | forming, producing, origin |
-iasis | abnormal condition (produced by someting specific) |
-itis | inflammation |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargment |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition;increase(used primarily with blood cells) |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease, dificiency |
-phasia | speech |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | formation, growth |
-plasm | formation, growth |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement (organ) |
-rrhage | burst forth(of) |
-rrhagia | burst forth (of) |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-toxic | poison |
-trophy | nourishment, development |