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Medical Termonogly
Chapter 2 Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-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 |