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Med Term Suffixes
Suffixes a-o CQLC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| globin | protein |
| blast | immature, forming |
| cele | hernia |
| logy | study, practise |
| iasis | pathological condition or state |
| asthenia | weakness |
| genesis | production of |
| esthesia | sensation |
| lytic | destroying |
| emesis | vomiting |
| cide | destroyer of, killer of |
| ostomy | opening |
| mania | obsession |
| leptic | having seizures |
| cyte | cell |
| ics | treatment,practise, body of knowledge |
| ism | condition , dosease, doctrine |
| malacia | softening |
| dynia | pain |
| lepsy | condition of |
| oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| ad | toward |
| ic | pertaining to |
| logist | one who practices |
| emic | relating to blood |
| emia | blood |
| ectomy | removal of |
| meter | measuring device |
| genic | producing |
| form | in the shape of |
| ectasia | expansion, dilation |
| crine | secreting |
| gram | a recording |
| oid | like, resembling |
| algia | pain |
| clasis | breaking |
| metry | measurement |
| lysis | destruction of |
| derma | skin |
| edema | swelling |
| clast | breaking instrument |
| crit | seperate |
| ectasis | expanding;dilating |
| megaly | enlargement |
| kinesia/kinesis | movement |
| itis | inflammation |
| graph | recording instrument |
| cidal | destroying,killing |
| cytosis | condition of cells |
| desis | binding |
| graphy | process of recording |
| gen | producing,coming to be |
| osis | condition, state,process |
| ema | condition |
| opia/opsia | vision |
| globulin | protein |