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medicalsuffixes
medical suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-ac, -al | pertaining to, relating to |
-algia | pain, suffering |
-ary | pertaining to |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | surgical fixation of bone to joint, to bind, tie together |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-ectasis | stretching, enlargement |
-emia | blood, blood condition |
-esthesia | sensation, feeling |
-gram, -graph | a picture or record |
-graphy | process of recording picture or record |
-ia | state or condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-itis | inflamation |
-lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
megaly | enlargement |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | the science or study of |
_oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-ostomy | surgical creation of an opening |
-otomy | surgical incision |
-pathy | disease, suffering feeling, emotion |
-pause | stopping |
-pexy | surgical fixation, to put in place |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | prolapse, drooping forward |
rrhagia, rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge. |
-rrhaphy | to suture |
-rrhea | abnormal flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
-scope | instrument for visual exam |
-scopy | to see, visual exam |
-stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
-tripsy | to crush |
-uria | urination, urine |