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Medical Suffixes
Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac, -iac | pertaining to |
| -agon | assemble |
| -al, -eal | pertaining to |
| -algesia | pain sensation |
| -algia | pain |
| -amnios | amnion, inner fetal sac |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness, condition of strength |
| -blast | embryonic |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -carcinoma | cancer of epithelial origin |
| -cardia | condition of the heart |
| -cele | hernia, herniation, protrusion |
| -centesis | surgical puncture, puncture to remove or drain |
| -chalasia | condition of relaxation |
| -chezia | condition of stools, defecation |
| -clast, -clasia, -clasis | intentional breakage |
| -coccus | spherical bacterium |
| -crine | to secrete, secreting |
| -cusis, -acusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy, gestation |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | abnormal increase of cells |
| -desis | binding, fusion |
| -dilation | widening, expanding |
| -dipsia | condition of thirst |
| -drome | to run, running |
| -dynia | condition of pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilation |
| -ectomy | removal, excision, resection |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | condition of blood |
| -esis, -sis | state of |
| -esthesis | feeling, sensation |
| -fida | to split,splitting |
| -flux | to flow, flowing |
| -fusion | process of pouring |
| -gen | producing, produced by |
| -gram | record, recording |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnancy, gestation |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | condition, process of |
| -ic, -iac | pertaining to |
| -iatrist | physician specialist |
| -iatry | medical treatment |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ictal | pertaining to |
| -id | pertaining to |
| -in | a substance |
| -ine | a substance |
| -ion, -ation, -tion, -ization | process of |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition, state of |
| -ist | one who specializes |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lapse | to sag, to slide, to fall |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lithiasis | condition of stones |
| -lithotomy | incision for removal of a stone |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation, breaking down, freeing from adhesions, loosening |
| -malacia | condition of softening |
| -mania | condition of madness |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meta | change |
| -meter | instrument to measure, measurement |
| -metry | process of measurement |
| -mission | to send, sending |
| -oid | resembling, like |
| -oma | mass, tumor |
| -omia | smell |
| -opia | vision condition |
| -opsia | vision |
| -opsy | view of, process of viewing |
| -orexia | condition of appetite |
| -orrhexis | rupture |
| -ose | full of, pertaining to |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -para | delivery, parturition |
| -paresis | slight paralysis, partial or incomplete paralysis |
| -parous | to bear |
| -pathy | disease process |
| -penia | deficient, deficiency |
| -pepsia | condition of digestion |
| -pexy | fixation, suspension |
| -phagia | condition of eating or swallowing |
| -phonia | condition of sound |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plakia | condition of patches |
| -plasm, -plasia | condition of formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | condition of paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation,production |
| -poly | many |
| -porosis | passage |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse, falling |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -retro | behind |
| -rrhage, --rrhagia | bursting forth, bursting of blood |
| -rrhaphy | surgical repair, sutures |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tubes, eustachian tubes |
| -sarcoma | cancer of the connective tissue |
| -schisis | split |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -scopy | process of viewing, to examine |
| -spadias | to rent or tear |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -steat/o | fat |
| -stenosis | abnormal condition of narrowing, blockage |
| -sthenia | condition of strength |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -tension | pressure, process of stretching |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | thorax, chest, pleural cavity |
| -thymia | condition or state of the mind |
| -tocia | condition of labor, delivery |
| -tom | to cut |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision, cutting |
| -tresia | condition of no opening |
| -tripsy | process of crushing |
| -trite | instrument to crush |
| -trophy | development, process of nourishment |
| -tropia | to turn, turning |
| -tropin | act upon |
| -um, -ium, -us, -is, -il, -a | structure, thing, noun endings |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | turning |
| -y | condition, process of |
Created by:
Laura Duncan
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