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suffix
medical terminology suffix's
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| suffix | procedure, disease, condition, disorder |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -blast | immature |
| -cyte | cell |
| derma | skin |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -ad | toward |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -eal, -ia,-ic, -ory, -ous, -tic | condition of |
| -cide, -cidal | killing, destraying |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary | pretaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -uresis | urination |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | Turning |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | heavy discharge |
| -scope, -scopy | inatrument, process of using the instrument |
| -scleosis | hardening |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -stasis | stopping |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -stomy | opening |
| -tome | instrument for cutting |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -trophy, -tropic | nutrition |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | stretching, dilating |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -edema | swelling fluid accumlation |
| -ema, -iasis, -ism, -lepsy, -osis | condition, abnormal condition |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -esthesia | feeling sensation |
| -gen, -genesis, -genic | production or formation of |
| -globulin, -globin | protein |
| -gram | recording |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ic | pretaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | movement |
| -lithiasis | presence of stones |
| -logist | one of studies |
| -olgy | the study of |
| -lysis, -lytic | destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -manic, -mania | abnormal proccuption or obsession |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measuring device |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -ostomy | formation of a new opening |
| -para, -parous | bearing, producing a child |
| pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phage, -philia | to eat or to digest |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -phonia | sound |
| -phrenia, -phrenic | mind |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia, -plegic | paralysis |
| -pna | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhea | discharge, flowing |
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Rayegarcia
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