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medical terminology suffixes 2

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logist   specialist in the study of  
logy   study of  
lysis   breaking up; seperation, destruction  
malacia   softening  
mania   madness  
megaly   enlargement  
metry   act of measuring  
meter   instrument for measuring  
mnesia   memory  
oid   like; resembling  
ole   small  
oma   tumor  
opia   vision  
osis   abnormal condition, increase  
para   to bear (off spring)  
paresis   partial paralysis  
pathy   desease; emotion  
penia   deficiency; decrease  
pexy   fixation; to put in place (of an organ)  
phagia   eat; swallow  
phasia   speech  
philia   attraction for  
phobia   fear of  
phonia   sound; voice  
plasia   development; formation, growth  
plasm   formation  
plasty   surgical repair  
plegia   paralysis  
pnea   breathing  
poiesis   formation; production  
ptosis   drooping, prolapse, downward displacement  
ptysis   spitting  
rrhage   burst forth  
rrhagia   burst forth  
rrhaphy   suture  
rrhea   flow; discharge  
rrhexis   rupture  
sclerosis   hardening  
scope   instrument for visual examination  
scopy   visual inspection  
spasm   involuntary contraction, twitching  
stasis   stopping; control, standing still  
stenosis   stricture; narrowing  
stomy   new opening, forming an opening  
therapy   treatment  
tome   instrument for cutting  
tomy   incision, cut into  
toxic   poison  
tripsy   crushing  
trophy   nourishment; development  
ula   small  
ule   small  
version   to turn  
y   process  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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