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HHS Know Suffixes
Must Know Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-centesis | surgical puncture |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-stomy | forming an opening |
-gram | record, writing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-algia, -dynia | pain |
-edema | swelling |
-emesis | vomiting |
-itis | inflammation |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-plasia | formation, growth |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-toxic | poison |
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ior, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
-ist | specialist |
-emia | blood condition |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia, -ism | condition |
-logy | study of |
-tomy | surgical incision |
-pnea | breathing |
-lysis | separation, destruction |
-scopy | visual examination |
-gen, -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
-penia | decrease deficiency |
-sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |