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Medical Suffixes
Anatomy & Physiology Suffixes for RCCC BIO lab 168
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al, -ac | pertaining to |
| -aps, -apt | fit, fasten |
| -blast | bud or germ |
| -clast | break; destroy |
| -crine | release; secrete |
| -ectomy | a cutting out |
| -emia | refers to a blood condition |
| -flux | flow |
| -gen | an agent that initiates |
| -genesis | creation; production |
| -gram | something written |
| -graphy | to write; draw |
| -hydrate | containing water |
| -ia, -sia, -osis | condition; process |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic, -ac, -al | pertaining to |
| -in | signifies a PROTEIN |
| -ism | signifies condition of |
| -lemma | rind; peel |
| -lysis | breaking down |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | compulsion |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -metric, -metry | measurement; length |
| -oid | like; in the shape of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision; vision condition |
| -oscopy | viewing |
| -ostomy | formation of an opening |
| -otomy | cut |
| -penia | lack |
| -plasia | growth; formation |
| -plasm | form; shape |
| -plasty | shape; make |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breath; breathing |
| -(r)rhage | excessive discharge |
| -(r)rhaphy | sew; suture |
| -tension, -tensin | pressure |
| -tonic | pressure; tension |
| -tomy | to cut |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -ule | small; little |
| -uria | refers to urine condition |
| -(r)rhea | flow |
| -phobic | fearing |
| -philic | loving |
| -ose | signifies a CARBOHYDRATE |
| -lunar | moon; moonlike |
| -logy | study of |
| -lith | stone; rock |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -itis | signifies inflammation of |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -cide | to kill |
| -centesis | a piercing |
| -ase | signifies an ENZYME |
| -arche | beginning; origin |
| -algia | pain |
| -some | body |
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