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Suffixes
Suffixes for medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ist, -er | one who |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -ous, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic, -ory, -logic, -logical | pertaining to |
| -logy | study or science of |
| -logist | one who studies; specialist |
| -iatry, -iatrics | medical profession or treatment |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate (draw fluid up by suction) or remove fluid |
| -tome | an instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision (to cut into body tissue) |
| -ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out) |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing, destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture (uniting a wound by stitches) |
| -scopy | visual examination with lighted instrument |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilatation, dilation |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | condition of blood |
| -ia, -iasis, -osis, -y | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone |
| -malacia | soft, softening |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -spasm | twitching; cramp |
| -cele | hernia |
| -edema | swelling |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse; sagging |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -stasis | stopping; controlling |
| -able, -ible | capable of |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -eum, -ium | membrane |
| -ism | condition |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -gram | a record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | movement; motion |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lytic | capable of destroying |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -genesis | producing, forming |
| -phasia | speech; development |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -schisis | split; cleft |
| -sclerosis | hard; hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -trophy, -trophic | nutrition |
| -phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating; ingesting; swallowing |
| -ation | action; process |
| -pod, -pody | foot |
| -poiesis | production |
| -poietin | substance that causes production |
| -uria | urine; urination |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor arising form connective tissue |
| -ole, -ule | little |
| -emic | pertaining to blood |
| -esis | action, process, result of |
| -poietin | substance that causes production |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -triptor | instrument used for crushing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -pneic | pertaining to breathing |
| -cidal | killing |
| -static | keeping stationary |
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