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Medical Terminology
Medical Word Parts (Suffixes) Part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |