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Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology & Clinical Procedures -SUFFIXES
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -OSCOPY | Examination with a lighted instrument |
| -PLASTY | Reshape or form |
| -TRIPSY | Crushing |
| -CENTESIS | Puncturing and drawing off (tapping) |
| -GRAM | Record/picture |
| -GRAPH | Instrument that records |
| -GRAPHY | Procedure of recording |
| -OPSY | Looking at |
| -STASIS | Stopping |
| -CLASIS | breaking |
| -ORRHAPHY | Sewing or repair, e.g. herniorrhaphy meaning repair of a hernia |
| -ECTOMY | Surgical removal, e.g. appendicectomy meaning surgical removal of the appendix |
| -PEXY | Fixation, e.g. orchiopexy meaning fixation of an undescended testicle |
| -IA, -IASIS -OSIS -ISM | All meaning condition of |
| -ITIS | Inflammation of |
| -PATHY | Disease of |
| -GENIC | Produced from or originating from |
| -AL -IC -IAC | Pertaining to |
| -OLD | Shape or form |
| -OLOGY | Scientific study of |
| -CYTE | Cell |
| -OTOMY | Cutting into or dividing e.g. osteotomy meaning cutting into bone |
| -OSTOMY | Making an artifial opening e.g. tracheostomy meaning making an artificial opening into the trachea |
| -AEMIA | Blood |
| -AESTHESIA | Sensibility,sense-perception |
| -AL | Pertaining to |
| -ALGIA | Pain |
| -AN | Pertaining to |
| -BLAST | Immature cell |
| -CELE | Swelling/protrusion/herniation |
| -CENTESIS | Puncture, drawing off |
| -CIDE | Killing/destroying |
| -CISION | Cutting |
| -CLASIS | Breaking |
| -COCCUS | Round cell, type of bacteria |
| -DERM | Skin |
| -DESIS | Binding together |
| -DYNIA | Pain |
| -ECTASIS | Dilatation |
| -ECTOMY | Removal of |
| -FORM | Having the formation or shape of |
| -GENESIS | Forming or origin |
| -GENIC | Producing or forming |
| -IASIS | Conditon of/state of |
| -IATRIC | Pertaining to medicine/physician |
| -ISM | Condition of |
| -KINESIS | Movement/activity |
| -lITH | Stone |
| -LITHIASIS | Condition of stones |
| -LYSIS | Breaking down (keep splitting) |
| -MALACIA | Softening |
| -MEGALY | Enlargement |
| -METER | Measure |
| -OMA | Tumour |
| -OPLA | Condition of the eye |
| -OSE | Sugar |
| -OUS | Like/similar to |
| -PARESIS | Weakness |
| -PENIA | Lack of/decreased |
| -PHAGE | Eating/ingesting |
| -PHAGIA | Swallowing |
| -PHILIA | Loving, affinity for |
| -PHOBIA | Irrational fear of |
| -PHYLAXIS | Protection, prevention |
| -PLASIA | Formation |
| -PLEGIA | Paralysis |
| -PNOEA | Breathing |
| -POEISIS | Making |
| -RRHYTHMIA | Rhythm |
| -RRHAGE | To burst forth (heavy bleeding) |
| -RRHAPHY | Rupture of |
| -SCLEROSIS | Hardening |
| -SOMATIC | Pertaining to the body |
| -STASIS | Cessation of movement/flow |
| -STAXIS | Dripping (blood) |
| -STENOSIS | Narrowing |
| -STHENIA | Strength |
| -TAXIA | Co-ordination, order |
| -TOME | Cutting instrument |
| -TROPHY | Nourishment |
| -URIA | Condition of urine |
| Singular -us (staphylococcus) | Plural -i (staphylococci) |
| Singular -a (vertebra) | Plural -ae (vertebrae) |
| Singular -um (atrium) | Plural -a (atria) |
| Singular -is (diagnosis) | Plural -es (diagnoses) |
| Singular -oma (stoma) | Plural -omata (stomata) |
| Singular -ix (cervix) | Plural - ices (cervices) |
| Singular -ax (thorax) | Plural -aces (thoraces) |
| Singular -on (ganglion) | Plural -a (ganglia) |
| -ATE | A salt |
| -A | Condition of |
| -AC | Concerning/pertaining to |
| -ASE | Enzyme |
| -CRINE | Secrete |
| -DIPSIA | Thirst |
| -GOGUE | Increasing flow |
| -GRAVID/-GRAVID | Pregnancy |
| -IC | Condition of /pertaining to |
| -LALLA | Speech |
| LITHESIS | Slipping |
| -OEDEMA | Swelling caused by excess fluid |
| -OPSIA | Vision |
| -ORRHAPHY | Sewing or repair |
| -PARA | Given birth |
| -PHAKIA | Lens (of the eye) |
| -PHASIA | Speech |
| -PHOBIA | Irrational fear |
| -PTOSIS | Drooping/falling |
| -PTYSIS | Cough |
| -RRHAGIA | Condition of heavy bleeding |
| -RRHEXIS | Rupture/break |
| -SCOPE | Lighed instrument used to examine |
| -SCOPY | Examination with a lighted instrument |
| -SPADIA | To draw out |
| -SCOTOMA | Blind spot |
| -STAT | An agent to prevent moving or change |
| -STHEANIA | Strength |
| -TOCIA | Labour/birth |
| -TRIPTOR | Instrument used to crush |
| -TROPIC/-TROPHIC | Affinity/turning toward |
| -TUSSIS | Cough |
| -ABLE | able to, capable of |
| -AGRA | attack,severe pain |
| -ASIS | State of |
| -CAVAL | Pertaining to venae cavae |
| -CELE | Tumour,swelling |
| -CLYSIS | Infusion,injection |
| -CULE | Little |
| -FACIENT | Making |
| -FUGE | Expelling |
| -KINESIS -KINETIC | Motion |
| -LYTIC | Disintegration |
| -MORPH | Form |
| -OGEN | Precursor |
| -OID | Likeness,resemblance |
| -OL | Alcohol |
| -0SIS | Condition,disease,excess |
| -POIESIS | Making |
| -SACCHARIDE | Basic carbohydrate molecule |
| -SOMY | Pertaining to chromosomes |
| -TAXIA -TAXIS | Arrangement,co-ordination,order |
Created by:
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