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M6 Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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ac | pertaining to -ex. cardiac |
al | pertaining to -ex. femoral |
ar | pertaining to -ex. malar |
ary | pertaining to -ex. biliary |
algia | pain -ex. arthralgia |
apheresis | removal -ex. leukapheresis |
ase | enzyme -ex. alkaline phosphatase |
asthenia | weakness -ex. myasthenia |
capnia | carbon dioxide -ex. hypocapnia |
cele | hernia/ protrusion -ex. hydrocele |
centesis | sergical puncture to aspirate fluid -ex. amniocentesis |
cidal | killing -ex. suicidal |
coccus (pl. cocci) | berry shaped -ex. pneumococcus |
crine | separate/ secrete -ex. endocrine |
crit | to separate -ex. hematocrit |
cyte | cell -ex. leukocyte |
desis | surgical fixation/ fusion -ex. arthrodesis |
eal | pertaining to -ex. calcaneal |
ectasis | stretching out/ dilatation/ expansion -ex. bronchiectasis |
ectomy | excision or surgical removal -ex. tonsillectomy |
emesis | vomiting -ex. hematemesis |
emia | blood condition -ex. anemia |
esis | condition -ex. diaphoresis |
iasis | condition -ex. psoriasis |
ic | pertaining to -ex. apneic |
gen | substance or agent that produces or causes -ex. antigen |
genesis | origin/cause -ex. iatrogenesis |
genic | producing/originating/causing -ex. organogenic |
gram | record/x-ray film -ex. echocardiogram |
graph | instrument used to record -ex. radiograph |
graphy | process of recording/x-ray filming -ex. arteriography |
ia | condition of diseased/abnormal state -ex. hypoxia |
ial | pertaining to -ex. arterial |
iatry | physician -ex. psychiatry |
ician | one who -ex. physician |
ictal | seizure/attack -ex. postictal |
ism | state of -ex. embolism |
itis | inflammation -ex. colitis |
lepsy | seizure -ex. epilepsy |
lysis | breaking down/dissolution/separating -ex. hydrolysis |
lytic | destroy/reduce -ex. thrombolytic |
malacia | softening -ex. chondromalacia |
mania | madness/insane desire -ex. pyromania |
megaly | enlargement -ex. hepatosplenomegaly |
meter | instrument used to measure -ex. thermometer |
metry | measurement -ex. oximetry |
morph | form/shape -ex. polymorph |
odynia | pain -ex. arthrodynia |