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AMA170 - Chapter 3
Suffixes
Question | Answer |
---|---|
-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluids |
-coccus (-cocci) | berry-shaped bacterium (bacteria) |
-cyte | cell |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | excision |
-emia | blood condition |
-genesis | condition of producing, forming |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluids |
-opsy | to view |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-pathy | disease condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | development, formation, growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | falling, dropping, prolapse |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) (to the outside of the body) |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | incision, cutting into |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-er | one who |
-ia | condition |
-ist | specialist |
-ole | little, small |
-ule | little, small |
-um, -ium | structure, tissue |
-us | structure, substance |
-y | condition, process |
-ac, iac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or in |
-ic, -ical | pertaining to |
-oid | resembling |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-ous | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |