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Medical Terminology
Suffix
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -scopy | visual exam |
| -comial | with, together |
| -gram | record |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -phobia | fear |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -opia | vision |
| -otic, -y, -sis | abnormal condition |
| -cardia | heart |
| -oma | tumor |
| -dermal | skin |
| -scope | instrument used for visual studies |
| -stomy | artificial opening to the surface (awhile) |
| -oid | resembling |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -ology | study |
| -ic, -al | pertaining to |
| -phagia | eat, swallow |
| -pathy | disease |
| -otomy | process of cutting open, incision (temp) |
| -genic | produced or caused by, producing |
| -emia | blood |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -plasty | reconstruction, surgical repair |
| -penia | decrease |
| -megaly | abnormally large |
| -tropy | development, nourishment |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -poiesis | development, formation |
| -desis | fix, join, bind |
| -centesis | surgical removal, puncturing |
| -algia | pain |
| -philia | love |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -gravida | to conceive |
| -para | to bear |
| -cyte | cell |
| -pexy | fix, organ, suspend |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -clasis | breaking, fracturing |
| -lysis | breaking down |
| -tripsy | crush |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -malacia | softening |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -ptosis | drooping, downward displacement or position |
| -phasia | speak |
| -genesis | formation |
| -plegia | paralysis (limbs) |
| -stasis | stay, stop |
| -plasia | growth, formation |
| -ectasis | expansion |
| -spasm | contraction, twitching |
| -toxic | poison |
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