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HAN Medical Terms II
Suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac, -iac | pertaining to |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -apheresis | removal, a carrying away |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -blast | immature cell, embryonic |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -chezia | defecation, elimination of wastes |
| -constriction | narrowing |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells |
| -dilation | widening; stretching; expanding |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasia | stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilating, widening |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -edema | abnormally large volume of fluid in interstitial space |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -er | one who |
| -ernia | to bind, tie together |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -flexion | a bending movement around a joint in a limb |
| -fusion | coming together, to pour |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by, or in |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -in, -ine | a substance |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ion | process |
| -ism | process, condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | movement |
| -kinetic | movement |
| -lapse | to side, fall, sag |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lithiasis | the presence, condition or formation of stones |
| -logy | study of |
| -lithotomy | surgical incision of the urinary bladder for removal of a calculus |
| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
| -lytic | to produce decomposition |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | growth |
| -meter | to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | pertaining to |
| -ole | little, small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -opsy | to view |
| -or | one view |
| -orexia | condition of appetite |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
| -osmia | smell |
| -otia | ear condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pexy | fixation, put in place |
| -phage | eat, swallow |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phonia | voice, sound |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -phylasix | protection against infection |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasia | development formation growth |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | dropping, sagging, prolapsed |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -salpinx | uterine tube |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | viewing |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | to stop, control |
| -stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
| -sthenia | strength |
| -stitial | interspace of tissues |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth [stoma] |
| -suppression | holding |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | pleural cavity, chest |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -tropia | to turn |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue |
| -uria | condition of having a specific substance in the urine |
| -version | act of turning |
| -y | condition, process |
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