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medical suffix
medical suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -sis | state of |
| -centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -ation | process, condition |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -gen | to produce |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -lapse | to fall, slide |
| -meter | to measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -mortem | death |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -partum | birth |
| -phagia | to eat, swallow |
| -phasia | to speak |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -stasis | to stand, place, stop, control |
| -tension | pressure |
| -thesis | to put, place (state of putting or placing) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -um | structure |
| -y | process, condition |
| -ism | condition or process |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -algia | pain |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scopy | process of viual examination |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ia | condition |
| -section | process of cutting into |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -stomy | opening |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -uria | condition of urine |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -ectomy | cutting out, removal, excision |
| -plasty | surgical repair or connection |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -crine | secretion |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -logy | study of |
| -scope | instrument to visually exam |
| -tomy | process of cutting into, incision |
| -rrhage | excessive discharge of blood |
| -lysis | separation, breakdown |
| -rrhagia | excessive discharge of blood |