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Nursing suffixes
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | science or study of |
| -er; -ist | one who |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -iatrics; -iatry | medical profession; treatment |
| -ac; -al; -ic; -logic; - logical | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
| -ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out) |
| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation (fascination in a fixed position |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rraphy | suture (uniting a wound by stitches) |
| -scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure) |
| -tome | instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into tissue) |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -algia; -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -ecstasia; -ecstasis | dilation |
| -emesis | vomitting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ia; -iasis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone |
| -malacia | soft; softening |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | diesease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse (sagging) |
| -rrhage; rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -able; -ible | capable of, able to |
| -ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -eum, -ium | membrane |
| -ia, -ism | condition, theory |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
| -y | state or condition |
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