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Medical Termonogly
Chapter 2 Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -gravida | Pregnant woman |
| -graph | Recording instrument |
| -uria | Urine |
| -trophy | Nourishment, Growth |
| -thorax | Chest |
| -stenosis | Narrowing, Stricture |
| -static | Not in motion, At rest |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -salpinx | Uterine (Fallopian tube) |
| -ptosis | Drooping, Prelapse |
| -pneic | Pertaining to breathing |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -plegic | Pertaining to paralysis |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -plastic | Pertaining to formation or growth |
| -plasia/-plasm | Formation, Growth |
| -phonia | Voice |
| -pepsia | Digestion |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -partum/-tocia | Childbirth, Labor |
| -paresis | Slight or partial paralysis |
| -oxia | Oxygen |
| -osis | Abnormal Condition |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -necrosis | Tissue death |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -lith | Stone |
| -lepy/-leptic | Seizure |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -iasis | Pathological condition/state |
| -ia/-ism | Condition |
| -iatrics/-iatry | Specialist |
| -logist/-ologist | Specialist in the study of |
| -cidial/-cide | Destroying/Killing |
| -desis | Surgical fixation of a bone or joint, binding tying together |
| -dilation | Widening, Stretching, or Expanding |
| -ectomy | Excision, surgical removal |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -metry | Measurement |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -plasty | Surgical Repair |
| -rrhaphy | Suture, Suturing |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | Cutting into, incision |
| -tripsy | Crushing |
| -acusia/-acusis/-cusis | Hearing |
| -algesia/-algesic/-algia/-dynia | Pain |
| -dipsia | Thrist |
| -esthesia | Sensation |
| -opia/-opsia/-opsis/-opsy | Vision, View of |
| -osmia | Smell, Odor |
| -phobia | Fear |
| -phoria | Feeling |
| -clasis/-clast | To break |
| -ectasis | Dialation, Expansion |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -gen/-genesis/-genis/-genous | Creating, Producing |
| -kinesia/-kinesis | Movement |
| -lysis | Destruction |
| -pause/-stasis | Cessation, Stopping |
| -phage/-phagia | Eating, Swallowing |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -rrhage/-rrhagia | Bursting forth |
| -rrhea | Flow, Dishcharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -spasm | Sudden involuntary contraction |
| -uresis | Urination |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -constriction | Narrowing |
| -cytosis | A condition of cells |
| -derma | Skin |
| -edema | Swelling |
| -emia | A condition of the blood |
| -cyte/-cytic | Cell |
| -gram | Record |
| -ole/-ule | Small |
| -prandial | Meal |
| -stomy | Mouth like opening |
| -scope | Viewing instrument |
| -meter | Measuring instrument |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture |
| -tome | Cutting instrument |
| -ac/-al/-ar/-ary/-eal/-ial/-ic/-ical/-ory/-ous/-tic/-tous | -Pertaining to |
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