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Medterm Quiz
Common Suffixes pg 2
Question | Answer |
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ist | One who specializes (Pharmacist) |
itis | Inflammation (Cellulitis) |
ium | Changes to noun (Cranium |
ize | To make/use, to take (Anesthetize--to take away feeling) |
lapse | to slide, sag (Relapse) |
lith | Stone (Cystolith: bladder stone) |
logist | One who studies (Cardiologist) |
logy | Study of (Cardiology) |
lysis | Destruction (Osteolysis: bone destruction) |
malacia | Abnormal softening (Osteomalacia) |
megaly | enlargement, large (Cardiomegaly: enlarged heart) |
ole | small (Arteriole: small artery) |
oma | Tumor, mass (Carcinoma) |
osis | Abnormal condition (Cyanosis) |
paresis | weakness (paraparesis: weak lower extremities) |
parous | Give birth (multiparous) |
partum | birth, labor (postpartum) |
pathy | disease (Myopathy: muscle disease) |
penia | few (Cytopenia: too few cells) |
phasia | speech (aphasia: lack of speech) |
phobia | abnormal fear |
phoria | feeling, mental state (Euphoria) |
physis | to grow (Symphysis: to grow together) |
plasia | development, growth (dysplasia: abnormal tissue development) |