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Suffixes - Medical
Commonly Used Suffixes in Medical Terminology (Booth, 5e; Appendix I)
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -ad | to, toward |
| -aesthesia, -esthesia | sensation |
| -al | characterized by |
| -algia | pain |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | swelling, tumor |
| -centesis | puncture, tapping |
| -cidal | killing |
| -cide | causing death |
| -cise | cut |
| -coele | cavity |
| -cyst | bladder, bag |
| -cyte | cell, cellular |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | cutting out, surgical removal |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -form | shape |
| -fuge | driving away |
| -gene, -genic, -genetic, -genesis, -geneous | arising from, origin, formation |
| -gram | recorded information |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | the process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | condition of |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition, process, theory |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -ium | membrane |
| -ize | to cause to be, to become, to treat by special method |
| -kineses, kinetic | motion |
| -lepsis. -lepsy | seizure, convulsion |
| -lith | stone |
| -logy | science of, study of |
| -lysis | setting free, disintegration, decomposition |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -mania | insanity, abnormal desire |
| -meter | measue |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -odynia | pain |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small, little |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | view |
| -osis | disease, condition |
| -ostomy | to make a mouth, opening |
| -otomy | incision, surgical cutting |
| -ous | having |
| -pathy | disease, suffering |
| -penia | too few, lack, decreased |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia, -phage | eating, consuming, swallowing |
| -phobia | fear, abnormal fear |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -plasia | formation or developement |
| -plastic | molded |
| -plasty | operation to reconstruct, surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | abnormal or excessive discharge, hemorrhage, flow |
| -rrhaphy | suture of |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| -scopy | examining |
| -sepsis | poisoning, infection |
| -spasm | cramp or twitching |
| stasis | stoppage |
| -stomy | opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thermy | heat |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tomy | incision, section |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | turning, tendency |
| -tropy | turning, tendency |
| -uria | urine |
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