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Medical Suffixes
Medical Suffixes (CW104)
Word Part | Meaning | Example |
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-ac | pertaining to | cardiac...pertaining to the heart |
-al | pertaining to | myocardial...pertaining to the muscle of the heart |
-algesia | pain | analgesia...no pain |
-algia | pain | neuralgia...nerve pain |
-ar | pertaining to | lumbar |
-ase | enzyme (makes a noun) | amylase |
-ate | (makes a verb) | expectorate |
-cele | herniation, prolapsed | rectocele, cystocele |
-cide | killer | spermicide |
-centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid | arthrocentesis, amniocentesis |
-coccus | berry | staphylococcus |
-clasis | break | osteoclasis |
-cyte | cell | osteocyte, hepatocyte |
-desis | binding, fixation | arthrodesis |
-dipsia | thirst | polydipsia |
-dynia | pain | lumbodynia, myodynia |
-ectomy | removal of, cut out | appendectomy |
-emesis | vomiting | hematemesis, antiemetic |
-emia | condition of blood | anemia, drepanocytemia, hypoglycemia |
-genic | producing | carcinogenic, iatrogenic |
-gram | a record | angiogram, myelogram |
-graph | a device which records | electrocardiograph |
-graphy | the process of recording | radiography |
-iasis | abnormal condition | nephrolithiasis |
-iatry | treatment | podiatry, psychiatry |
-ism | condition, state | alcoholism |
-ist | specialist | podiatrist |