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Medical terms
Chapter 1-5 Davi-Ellen Chabner suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | excision (resection, removal); process of cutting out |
| -emia | abnormal blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording, to record |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition, process |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study of |
| -logy | process of study, study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhage | excess flow of blood |
| -rrhagia | excess flow of blood |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument to view or visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -sis | condition |
| -stomy | opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, process of cutting into |
| -uria | urine condition |
| -ation | process, condition |
| -cision | process of cutting |
| -crine | secretion |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -gen | production, formation |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -lapse | slide |
| -meter | measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -mortem | death |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -partum | birth |
| -phagia | eating |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -section | to cut |
| -stasis | to stand, place, stop, control |
| -tension | pressure |
| -thesis | to put, place (state of putting or placing) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -um | structure |
| -y | process, condition |
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