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Medical Term Suffix
Medical Term Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -Algia | Pain |
| -Cele | Hernia |
| -Dynia | Pain |
| -Emesis | Vomiting |
| -Emia | Blood |
| -ia | State Of;Condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | destruction;separation;breakdown |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | abnormal;enlargement |
| -oma | benign tumor;mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease process |
| -penia | decrease;deficiency |
| -phobia | irrational fear |
| -ptosis | downward displacement;drooping;prolapse;sagging |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage;-rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | flow;discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -spasm | sudden;involuntary contraction |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing;stricture |
| -y | process |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid;aspiration |
| -desis | surgical fusion; surgical binding |
| -ectomy | excision;surgical removal |
| -graphy | process of recording; producing images |
| -gram | record;writing |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -merty | to measure;measurement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -opsy | to view |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical reconstruction;surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -scope | instrument used to visually examine ( a cavity or organ) |
| -scopy | process of visually examining (a body cavity or organ) |
| -stasis | stoppage;stopping;controlling |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | incision;process of cutting |
| -cyte | cell |
| -er;-or;-ician;-logist;-ist | specialist;one who specializes;specialist in the study of |
| -ion | process |
| -logy | study of;process of study |
| -plasia | development;formation |
| -poiesis | production;manufactures;formation |
| -trophic;-trophy | development;growth;nutrition |
| -genic | produced by;producing |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole;-ule | small |
| -ac;-al;-ary;-eal;-ic;-ous | pertaining to |
| -asise | ease |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -cuspid | projection;cusps |
| -drome | to run |
| -form | shape;form |
| -genous | produced by |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| -mortem | death |
| -plasm | development;formation |
| -tropia | turning |
| -version | turning;tilting |
| -al;-ic;-ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process |
| -ium;-um | structure |
| -sis | State of ; condition |
| -dermis | skin |
| -derma | skin |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -porosis | porous |
| -blast | immature |
| -clasis | surgical fractureor refracture |
| -clast | breakdown |
| -genesis | formation |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor of the connective tissue |
| -rrhexis | rupure |
| -asthenia | no strength |
| -clonus | turmoil |
| -kinesia | movement;motion |
| -thermy | heat |
| -schisis | cleft;splitting |
| -us | condition;thing |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis(loss or impairment of motor function) |
| -taxia | order |
| rrhaphy | to suture |
| ad | toward,near to |
| ab | away from |
| dys | difficult,bad |
| graphy | recording |
| graph | to write,record |
| gram | weight |
| opsy | to view |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| ate | action,use |
| blast | immature cell,germ cell |
| ectasis | dilatation,distention |
| gen,genesis,genic | produce,formation |
| gram | weight |
| ic | pertaining to, chemical |
| ive | nauture of , quality of |
| lymph | clear fluid,serum |
| lysis | distruction,to separate |
| megaly | enlargment,large |
| -fusion | to pour |
| clasts | remove break down |
| blasts | germ |
| osteo | bone |
| diaphysis | shaft |
| epiphysis | growth area near the end of a bone |
| erythro | red |
| poiesis | formation |
| periosteum | tough membrane covering the bone |
| red bone marrow | located in spongy bone |
| yellow bone marrow | in meduallrt cavity |
| hemato | blood |
| compact bone | hard dense strong bone |
| spongy bone | lighter found at the ends of long bones |
| ilium | hip bone |
| ischium | Bone making up the lower down back part of the pelvis. |
| acetabulum | cup-shaped socket of the hip joint |
| patella | kneecap |
| femur | the bone in the leg that extends from the hip to the knee |
| tibia | bone in the leg ...shinbone |
| fibula | outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle |
| phalanges | one of the bones in the fingers or toes |
| meta | beyond |
| carpals | One of the wrist bones |
| kinesi | assoc tih curved spine |
| ankly | assoc tih curved spine |
| kypho | -assoc tih curved spine |
| lordo | (blank) |
| pubis | anterior portion |
| symphysis pubis | holds bones togethr |
| sacrololiac | articlutaion btn the scarum and ilium |
| ilium | upper, blade shape bone |
| bursa/o | fibrous sac that lines |
| ligament | band of connective tissue that connects bones |
| tendon | firbrous connective tissue that attches muscle to bone |
| synovia | moveable |
| chondro | cartilage |
| myo/ myos | muscle |
| arthro | joints |
| flexion | limb is bent |
| extension | straight |
| inversion | turning inward |
| eversion | turning outward |
| abduction | away from middle |
| adduction | movement towards middle |
| pronation | palm down |
| supination | palm up |
| rotation | turning on its axis |
| clavicle | collar bone |
| blasts | growth |
| hnp | herniated nucleus pulposus |
| sub | under |
| mandibular | jaw |
| kinesi | movemeny |
| brady | slowed |
| costal | rib |
| clasis | breaking |
| otomy | surgical opening |
| hyper | excessive |
| trophy | development nurishment |
| humero | elbow |
| ulnar | elbow |
| how many cervical vertebrae | 7 |
| how many thoracic vertebrae | 12 |
| axis | c2 |
| myelo | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| tmj | temporal mandibular joint |
| centesis | aspiration of fluid |
| necro | death |
| cephlodynia | headache |
| -pathy | disease |
| pedia | child |
| pedo | foot |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| -penia | decrease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| peri- | around |
| -phagia | swallow, eat |
| phalang/o | phalanges (finger and toe) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx/ (throat) |
| -phasia | speech |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation,growth |
| -plasm | formation,growth |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| -pnea | brathing |
| pneum/o | lung air |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| poster/o | back (of body) behind, posterior |
| pre- | before |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| -ptosis | prolapse, falling. dropping |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| py/o | pus |
| quadri- | four |
| radi/o | x-rays, radiation |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | nose |
| roentgen/o | x-rays |
| -rrhage | bursting fort (of) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sclera/o | hardening, sclera (white of the eye) |
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