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Med. Term. Suffixes
Suffixes in Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -stasis | controlling, stopping |
| -gen | producing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -cyte | cell |
| -globin | protein substance |
| -poietin | forming substance |
| -lysis | breaking down |
| -logy | study of |
| -phil | attraction |
| -thrombin | clotting substance |
| -in | substance |
| -lytic | pertaining to breaking down |
| -e | noun ending |
| -kine | movement |
| -leukin | white substance |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -exia | condition |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -philia | attraction condition |
| -cytosis | abnormal increase in cells |
| -ism | condition |
| -pathy | disease process |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -genous | pertaining to originating from |
| -oma | mass, tumor |
| -graphy | porcess of recording |
| -globulin | protein substance |
| -crit | separate |
| -plastin | forming substance |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -fusion | process of pouring |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -cardia | heart condition |
| -dynia | pain |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -lapse | falling, drooping |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -sarcoma | connective tissue cancer |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -tomy | incision |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -algia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -a | noun ending |
| -ablation | removal |
| -abrasion | scraping of |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -ad | toward |
| -amnios | amnion, inner fetal sac |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -atic | pertaining to |
| -ation | process of |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| -carcinoma | cancer of epithelial origin |
| -cele | herniation, protusion |
| -chalasia | condition of relaxation, slackening |
| -chalasis | relaxation, slackening |
| -chezia | conditions of bowels |
| -cision | process of cutting |
| -clasis | intentional breaking |
| -clast | breaking down |
| -coagulation | process of clotting |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy, gestation |
| -desis | binding |
| -dipsia | condition of thirst |
| -drome | to run |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasia | condition of expansion, dilation |
| -ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| -esis | state of |
| -ferous | pertaining to carrying |
| -fida | to split |
| -flux | to flow |
| -genesis | production, origin |
| -genic | pertaining to production |
| -glia | glia cell, glue |
| -gram | record, recording |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -gravida | pregnancy, gestation |
| -i | noun ending |
| -ia | condition |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -iasis | condition, presence of |
| -iatric | pertaining to treatment |
| -iatrician | one who specializes in treatment |
| -iatry | process of treatment |
| -ician | one who studies |
| -icle | small, tiny |
| -id | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ion | process of |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -is | structure, thing |
| -ist | one who specializes |
| -itic | pertaining to |
| -ium | structure, membrane |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -ization | process of |
| -kinin | movement substance |
| -lalia | condition of babbling |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study of |
| -malacia | condition of softening |
| -mania | condition of madness |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -metry | process of measurement |
| -mission | to send |
| -noia | condition of mind |
| -occlusion | condition of closure |
| -occult | secret, hidden |
| -oid | resembling |
| -on | structure |
| -one | hormone, substance that forms |
| -opia | vision condition |
| -opsia | vision condition |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -para | delivery (of a baby) |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -partum | parturition (delivery) |
| -pause | stop, cease |
| -pepsia | digestion condition |
| -pexy | fixation, suspension |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -phobia | condition of fear |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | growth, nature |
| -plakia | condition of patches |
| -plasia | condition of formation |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolaps |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture, repair |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrheic | pertaining to discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian, tube |
| -scopic | pertaining to viewing |
| -sepsis | infection |
| -siderin | iron substance |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| -spadias | rent, tear |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stenosis | abnormal condition of narrowing |
| -sthenia | condition of strength |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -tension | process of stretching, pressure |
| -thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
| -thymia | condition, state of mind |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tion | process of |
| -tocia | condition of labor, delivery |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tresia | condition of an opening |
| -tripsy | process of crushing |
| -tripter | machine to crush |
| -trite | instrument to crush |
| -trophy | process of nourishment, development |
| -ule | small |
| -um | structure, thing |
| -uria | urinary condition |
| -us | structure, thing |
| -verse | to turn |
| -version | process of turning |
| -y | process of |
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