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Med Term's Suffixes
Medical terminology suffixes 1-58
Question | Answer |
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-ac | pertaining to |
-al | relating to/pertaining to |
-algia | pain- malalgia or muscle pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-cele | hernia- gastrocele (hernia of stomach) |
-centesis | tap/puncture- thoracentesis (puncturing of thoratic) |
-clasis | breakdown- osteoclasis |
-desis | binding/fusion- arthrodesis the fusion of joint |
-dynia | pain/swelling- urodynia (painful urination) |
-ectasis | dialation/expansion- bronchiectasis (lungs) |
-ectomy | removal- hysterectomy the removal of female organs |
-emia | blood- anemia without blood |
-gen | producing- carcinogen act of producing cancer |
-gram | recording of data- Encephalogram ECG |
-graph | insturment writes- cardiograph Mechine recors heart |
-graphy | act of recording- radiography Xray |
-ia | abnormal condition- anesthesia, without normal awareness |
-iac | person has a condition- hemophiliac or hypochondriac |
-iasis | abnormal condition- cholelithiasis, produciton of gallstones |
-ic | pertaining to or relating to- anabolic |
-ical | pertaining to- physical, surgical |
-icle | small, little- particle |
-is | forms the noun from the root- cutis, dermis (skin) |
-ism | condition or state of being- hyperthroidism; autism, alcholholism |
-ist | one who specialises- radiologist, cardiologist |
-itis | inflammation- bronchitis, dermitis |
-lyis | destruction of, decompostion, free from- enterolysis the intestines, amyloysis |
-malacia | softening- osteomalacia bone |
-megaly | enlargement of a body part, splenomegaly |
-meter | insturment for measure-therometer |
-metry | measurement of- audiometry hearing |
-oid | form, shape, resemblance- deltoid, hyoid |
-oma | tumor- hemotoma, adenoma begining of tumor in tissue |
-osis | abnormal condition- dermatoisis or skin |
-ous | pertaining to- venous or vein |
-pathy | disease- nephropathy or kidneys |
-penia | lack, deficiency, decrease- osteopenia, erythrapenia decrease in red blood cells, lipopenia |
-pexy | fixation, usually surgical- gastropexy fixation of stomach to adominal wall, hepatopexy |
-phagia | eating, ingestion, devouring- disphagia |
-phasia | speaking, speech- aphasia |
-phobia | exaggerated fear- arachnophobia fear of spiders |
-plasty | surgical repair or reshaping- rhinoplasty |
-pledgia | paralysis- quadripledgia |
-ptosis | falling or dropping- blepharoptosis- drooping of eyelid. |
-rrhage | excessive flow- hemarrhage |
-rrhapy | suturing or stitching- arteriorrhapy stiching of arteries. |
-rrhea | profuse, flow, discharge- diarrhea, rhinorrhea |
-rrhexis | rupture of a specfic body part- enterorrhexis the rupture of the intestines. |
-sclerois | dryness, hardness- artherosclerosis |
-scope | instrument to use for view- endoscope |
-scopy | exmination of or act of using- endoscopy |
-spasm | involuntary sudden movement or muscle contraction that occurs as a result of an irritant or trauma- bronchospasm |
-stomy | forming an outlet- colostomy |
-tic | pertaining to- austistic |
-tomy | incision, cut- tracheotomy |
-tripsy | crushing of- Choleithtripsy is the crushing of gallstones. |
-y | Condition, process neuropathy (nervous system disease) |