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JW - Suffixes
Medical Terminology Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -ac, -al, -ar,- ary,- eal, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
| -algia,- cynia | pain |
| -asthenia | without strength |
| -cele | pouching or hernia |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -ema | condition |
| -emisis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esthenia | lack of sensation |
| -genic | origin or production |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | recording process |
| -ia, -ism | condition of |
| -iasis | condition, formation of |
| -iatry | treatment |
| -icle, -ole, -ula, -ule | small |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | tissue or structure |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -logy, -ology | study of |
| -lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measuring instrument |
| -metry | measuring process |
| -mycosis | fungal infection |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia, -opsia | vision |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -osmia | smell |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation, development |
| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhage | to burst forth |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | examination instrument |
| -scopy | examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stasis | stop or stand |
| -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| -tomy | incision |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tropea | to turn |
| -tropic | stimulate |
| -trophy | nutrition, growth |
| -y | condition, process of |
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