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Med term Suffix
Suffix
Question | Answer |
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-a | a is a noun ending |
-ac | pertaining to |
-ad | towards, increase |
-algesia | -sesitivity to pain |
-algia | -pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to; relating to |
-ate | something that |
-blast | embryonic stage of development |
-cele | swelling or herniation |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-cide | to kill, to destroy |
-clasis | crusing or breaking up |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding or surgical fusion |
-dynia | pain |
-e | e is a noun ending |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ectasia | stretching or dilation |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-er | one who |
-esis | condition of |
-gen | that which generates |
-genesis | generating formation |
-genic | pertaining to, formation, producing |
-gram | record or picture |
-graph | instrument used to record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-gravida | pregnancy |
-ia | condition (ia is a noun ending) |
-ian-ician | specialist in a field of |
-iasis | presence of an abnormal condition |
-iatric | relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment |
-iatrician | one who treats; a physician |
-iatrist | one who treats; a physician |
-iatry | medical treatment, medical profession |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ical | pertaning to (ical is the combination of ic+al) |
-ile | pertaining to, capable |
-ion | action, process |
-ism | condition |
-ist | practitioner |
-itis | inflammation |
-ize | to make, to treat or combine with |
-lepsy | seizure, attack |
-lith | stone |
-lithiasis | presence or formation of stones |
-logy | the study of |
-logist | one who specializes in the study of |
-lysis | destruction or detachment |
-lytic | destruction |
-mania | a mental disorder; a "madness" |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | an intrument used to measure |
-metry | the process of measuring |
-oid | resembling |
-ole / ule / ula | little or small |
-oma | tumor |
-opia-opsia | visual condition |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-ory | pertaining to, characterized by |
-osis | condition |
-ous | pertaining to |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease in; deficiency |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-philia | attracted to |
-phobia | abnormal fear |
-plasia | formation or development |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | drooping or prolapse |
-rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
-rrhaphy | suturing |
-rrhea | discharge; flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | an instrument used to view |
-scopy | the process of viewing with a scope |
-stasis | stopping or controlling |
-stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening |
-tic | pertaining to |
-tion | process of |
-tomy | incision into |
-tripsy | intentional crushing |
-um | a suffix that identifies singular nouns |
-uria | a characteristic of the urine |
-us | a suffix that identifies singular nounds |
-y | y is a nound ending |