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PIMA Phlebotomy
Medical Terminology 2015 Common Medical Suffixes
| suffixes | meaning |
|---|---|
| -ac, -al | pertaining to Ex cardiac, neutral |
| *-algia | pain Ex neuralgia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove a fluid Ex thoracentesis |
| *-cyte | cell Ex erythrocyte |
| *-ectomy | excision, removal Ex appendectomy |
| *-em ia | blood condition Ex anemia |
| *-ist | one who specializes in Ex pharmacist |
| *-logist | specialist in the study of Ex cardiologist |
| *-logy | study of Ex histology |
| *-lysis | breakdown, destruction Ex hemolysis the rapture or destruction of red blood cells |
| *-oma | tumor Ex hepatoma a cancer of the cells of the liver |
| *-oxia | oxygen level Ex hypoxia |
| *-pathy | disease Ex Cardiomyopathy heart muscle disease |
| *-penia | deficiency Ex leukopenia a reduction in the number of white blood cells in the blood , typical of various disease |
| *-rrhage | burst forth /excessive flow Ex hemorrhage an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially when profuse |
| -spasm | twitch, involuntary muscle movement Ex arteriospasm |
| *-stasis | stopping, controlling, standing Ex hemostasis the stopping of a blood flow |
| *-tomy | cutting, incision Ex phlebotomy |
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