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MT *Suffixes
Suffix | Definition |
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able/ible | capable of |
ac/al/an/ar/ary/eal/ic/ive/tic | pertaining to |
ase | enzyme |
algia | pain |
cele | hernia |
centesis | procedure to aspirate fluid |
ectasia/ectasis | dilation |
ectomy | excision or removal |
edema | swelling |
emesis | vomiting |
emia | blood |
genic/genesis | beginning/producing |
gram | record |
graph | instrument for recording |
graphy | process of recording |
ia/iasis | condition |
ism | condition |
ist | one who |
itis | inflammation |
ium | membrane |
kinesia/kinesis | movement/motion |
logist | specialist |
logy | study of |
lysis | loosening/freeing/breaking apart/destroying |
lytic | pertaining to destruction |
malacia | softening |
mania | preoccupation |
megaly | enlargement |
meter | instrument to measure |
metry | process of measuring |
oid | resembling |
oma | tumor |
opia | vision |
ose | sugar |
osis | condition |
ous | pertaining to/characterized by |
pathy | disease or abnormality |
penia | deficiency |
pexy | surgical fixation |
phagia/gic/gy | eating/swallowing |
phasia | speech |
phobia | abnormal fear |
plasty | surgical repair |
plegia | paralysis |
rrhage/rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
rrhaphy | suture |
rrhea | flow or discharge |
rrhexis | rupture |
sclerosis | hardening |
scopy | examination with an instrument |
spasm | twitching |
stasis | stopping |
stomy | forming of an opening |
tome | an instrument for cutting |
tomy | incision (cutting into) |
tripsy | surgical crushing |
trophic/trophy | nutrition |