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Medical Terminology SUFFIXES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -able, -ible, -ble | The power to be |
| -ac, -ar, -ary, -eal, -iac, -ial, -ile, -tic | Pertaining to |
| -ad | Toward; in the direction of |
| -aemia, -emia | Pertaining to blood |
| -age | Put in motion; to do |
| -ago | Attack; diseased condition |
| -agra | Seizure; severe pain |
| -aise | Comfort; ease |
| -algia | Pain |
| -arche | Beginning |
| -ase | Enzyme |
| -asthenia | Weakness |
| -atonic | Lack of tone or strength |
| -bin | Two; double; twice |
| -blast | Embryonic cell or a structure |
| -capnia | Carbon dioxide |
| -cele | Swelling; hernia; cyst; tumor |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture |
| -cidal | Death |
| -cide | Destroying; killing |
| -clast, -classis | Break |
| -clysis | Irrigation |
| -coccus | Bacteria (round) |
| -coel | Hollow |
| -crasia | Mixture |
| -crine | Separate; secrete |
| -crit | Separate |
| -cytosis | Condition of cells |
| -desis | Bind; surgical fixation |
| -dipsia | Thirst |
| -drome | Run together |
| -duct | Opening |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | Expansion; dilatation; distention |
| -ectomy | A cutting out |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -emia | Condition of the blood |
| -esis | Abnormal state or condition |
| -esthesia | Sensation; feeling |
| -exia, exis | Condition |
| -facient | Producing |
| -ferent, -ferous | Carrying |
| -fic | Forming; producing |
| -form | Form; figure; shape |
| -fuge | Drive away |
| -fusion | Pour |
| -gene | Production; origin; formation |
| -genesis; -genic, -ific, -iferous | Producing |
| -globulin | Protein |
| -gog, -gogue | To make flow |
| -grade | To go |
| -gram | A tracing; a mark |
| -graph | A writing; a record |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -iasis, -igo | Denoting a condition or pathological state |
| -id, -iform | Denoting shape or resemblance |
| -in | Substance (specialized function) |
| -ism | State; process; condition |
| -ite, -ia | Of the nature of |
| -itis | Denoting inflammation |
| -ium | Structure |
| -kinesis | Motion |
| -lepsy | Seizure |
| -lith, -lite | Calculus, stone |
| -logia, -logy | Denoting discourse, science, or study of |
| -lysis | Dissolution; destruction |
| -lytic | To destroy; reduce |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -mania | Obsessive |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -mimetic | Copy; mimic |
| -necrosis | Tissue death |
| -oid | Denoting form or resemblance |
| -ologist | Specialist |
| -ology | Study of |
| -oma | Denoting a tumor, usually benign |
| -osis | Denoting any morbid process; abnormal condition |
| -osmia | Smell; odor |
| -ostomosis, -ostomy, -stomy | Outlet; to furnish with an opening or mouth |
| -otomy | Cut into |
| -para | Bring forth; bear |
| -paresis | Slight or incomplete paralysis |
| -partum | Birth; labor |
| -pathy | Morbid condition; disease |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -phage | To eat |
| -pharesis | Remove |
| -philia | Love of; increase |
| -phonia | Voice; sound |
| -phoresis | Carrying; transmission |
| -phoria | Feeling; mental state; to bear |
| -phylaxix | Prevention; protection |
| -physis | Grow |
| -phyte | Plant |
| -plakia | Scale; thin; flat layer |
| -plasty, -plasia | Molding or shaping |
| -plegia, -plegic | Paralysis |
| -pnea, -pneic | Breathing |
| -poiesis | Formation |
| -prandial | Meal |
| -praxia | Action |
| -ptosis | Drooping |
| -raphy, -rhaphy, -rrhaphy | Suturing or stitching |
| -rhagia, -rrhagia, | Discharge; usually a bleeding |
| -rhea, -rrhea | Flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture of a blood vessel |
| -sarcoma | Malignant tumor |
| -schisis | Divided; cleft |
| -sclerosis | Hardness; abnormal dryness |
| -scopy | Instrument for viewing |
| -somnia | Sleep |
| -spasm | Tightening; sudden involuntary contraction |
| -stalsis | Contraction |
| -stasis, -static | Stopping, controlling |
| -stenosis | Narrowing; stricture |
| -sthenia | Strength |
| -stomosis, -stomy | New opening |
| -syndesis | Surgical fixture of vertebrae |
| -tocia, -tocin | Labor; birth |
| -tome, -trite | Cutting instrument |
| -tomy | Denoting a cutting operation |
| -tresia | Opening |
| -tripsy | Crushing |
| -trophy | Nourishment; development; growth |
| -tropia | To turn |
| -ultra | Beyond; excess |
| -us | Thing |
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