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Med Terms CH 2
Pathological & Related Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-algia, -dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-edema | swelling |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen, -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
-iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specific |
-itis | inflammation |
-lith | stone, calculas |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease, deficiency |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-phasia | speech |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia, -plasm | formation, growth |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting (of) |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-toxic | poison |
-trophy | nourishment, development |