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BPS Suffixes
medical suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-ad | Towards |
-algia,-dynia | pain |
-ase | enzyme |
-asthenia | weakness |
-blast | immature/embryonic stage |
-cele | herniation,protrusion |
-cide,-cidal | kill,destroy |
-crine | secretion |
-cyte | cell |
-derma | skin |
-ectasis -ectasia | stretching,dilation |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-edema | swelling or fluid accumulation |
-ema,-ijasis,-osis,-ia,-ism,isis | condition of/abnormal condition |
-lepsy | sudden attack,seizures |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition/blood |
-esthesia | sensation,feeling |
-gen | that which produces, producing |
-genesis,-genic | producing,forming |
-globin,-globulin | protein |
-gram | record, picture,x-ray |
-graph | instrument used to record |
-graphy | process to record |
-itis | inflammation |
-kinesia,-kenesis | movement |
-lysis,-lytic | destruction, removal, breakdown |
-malacia | softening |
-mania,-manic | obsession,*mental disorder |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | instrument to measure |
-merty | process of measuring |
-oid | resembling |
-opia | vision |
-ostomy,stamy | new opening |
-ose | sugar |
-para | bearing,birth |
-penia | deficiency |
-pepsia | digestion |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-phage,-phagia | swallow,eat,gulp |
-phasia | speak |
-phil,-phila | attraction |
-phobia | fear of |
-phrenic,-phrenia | mind |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-poiesis | formation |
-ptosis | drooping, snagging |
-rrhagia,-rrhage | heavy discharge |
-rrhea | discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
rrhaphy | suturing,(stitching) |
-scope | instrument used to view |
-somina | sleep |
-stasis | stop/control |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | process of cutting/incision |
-trophic,-trophie | nutrition,*development* |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-uria | urine |
-version | turning |
-ole,-ule | small,little |
-phonia | sound,hearing |
aphonia | deaf |
arteriole | small artery |
cardioversion | turning the heart back to normal |
hemauria | blood in urine |
atherosclerosis | hardening of the fatty plaque |
arteriostenoss | narrowing of the artery |
atrophy | no nutrition, poor development |
nephrotomy | process of cutting the kidney |
dermatome | instrument used to cut the skin |
hemostasis | stopping to flow of blood |
polysomnia | excessive sleep |
colonoscopy | process of viewing the colon |
otoscope | instrument that is use to view the ear |
nephrorraphy | suturing of the kidney |
cardiorrhexis | rupture of the heart |
diarrhea | flow of feces through the anus |
hemorrhage | heavy discharge of blood |
hysteroptosis | prolapsed uterus |
blepharoptosis | drooping eyelid |
hematopoieses | formation of blood |
traracentesis | surgical puncture of the thorax |
schizophrenia | split mind(personality) |
necrophobia | fear of death |
necrophilia | attracted to dead bodies |
aphasia | can't speak |
dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |
rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose |
hysteropexy | surgical fixation of the uterus |
dyspepsia | difficulty digesting |
thrombocytopenia | deficiency of the thrombocytes |
cardiomyopathy | disease of the heart muscle |
unipara | woman that has had given birth to one child |
lactose | sugar found in milk |
colostomy | new opening in the colon |
diplopia | double vision |
pelvimetry | process of measuring the pelvis |
pelvimeter | instrument used to measure the pelvis |
cardiomegaly | enlarged heart |
pyromania | obsession with fire |
osteomalacia | softening of the bone |
dialysis | removal of toxins from the blood |
hemolysis | breakdown of the blood |
dyskinesia | painful movement |
appendicitis | inflammation of the appendix |
electrocardiography | the proces of recording the electricity of the heart |
electrocardiograph | the instrument that is used to record the electricity of the hear |
electrocardiograph | record of the hearts electricity |
hemoglobin | the protein found in RBC (transfers O2) |
carcinogenesis | formation of cancer |
carcinogen | that which produces cancer |
anesthesia | no feeling |
anemia | low level of blood |
hematemesis | vomiting of blood |
narcolepsy | sudden attack of sleep |
epilepsy | recurring seizures |
cyanosis | condition of blueness |
nephrolithiasis | condition of kidney stones |
lymphedema | accumulation of lymph fluid |
hysterectomy | surgical removal of the uterus |
scleroderma | hard skin |
bronchiectasis | dilation of the bronchi |
erythrocyte | red blood cell |
endocrine gland | gland that secretes hormones within the blood |
rectocele | protrusion of the rectum |
leukoblast | immature white blood cells |
myasthenia gravis | great muscle weakness |
amylase | enzyme that breaks down the stomach |
arthralgia | joint pain |
cephalodynia | head pain |
caudad | towards the feet |
-logy | study of |
-logist | specialist |
-ectomy | surgical removal |