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Medical Terminology
Medical Word Parts (Suffixes) Part 1
Term | Definition |
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atrics, iatry | field of medicine |
iatrist, ician, ist | specialist |
logist, ologist | specialist in the study of |
logy, ology | study of |
centesis | surgical puncture |
cidal, cide | destroying, killing |
desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together |
dilation | widening, stretching, 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 | thirst |
esthesia | sensation |
opia, opsia, opsis, opsy | vision ,view of |
osmia | smell, odor |
phobia | fear |
phoria | feeling |
clasis, clast | to break |
ectasis | dilation, expansion |
emesis | vomiting |
gen, genesis, genic, genous | creating, producing |
kinesia, kinesis | movement |
lysis | destruction |
pause, stasis | cessation, stopping |
phage, phagia | eating, swallowing |
phasia | speech |
rrhage, rrhagia | bursting forth |
rrhea | flow, discharge |
rrhexis | rupture |
spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
uresis | urination |