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Medical Terminology
Suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -a (suffix type: none) | noun ending |
| -acusia (suffix type: none) | hearing |
| -ad (suffix type: none) | toward |
| -algesia (suffix type: none) | pain |
| -apheresis (suffix type: none) | removal, carry away |
| -arche (suffix type: none) | beginning |
| -asthenia (suffix type: none) | weakness, debility |
| -ate (suffix type: none) | having the form of, posessing |
| -ation (suffix type: none) | process (of) |
| -blast (suffix type: none) | immature, embryonic cell |
| -capnia (suffix type: none) | carbon dioxide |
| -ceps (suffix type: none) | head |
| -caption (suffix type: none) | conceiving |
| -cide (suffix type: none) | to kill |
| -cision (suffix type: none) | a cutting |
| -clasia (suffix type: none) | to break, surgical fracture |
| -clasis (suffix type: none) | to break, surgical fracture |
| -clast (suffix type: none) | to break; surgical fracture |
| -clysis (suffix type: none) | irrigation, washing |
| -continence (suffix type: none) | to hold back |
| -crine (suffix type: none) | secrete |
| -crit (suffix type: none) | separation of |
| -cure (suffix type: none) | to care of |
| -cusia (suffix type: none) | hearing |
| -cusis (suffix type: none) | hearing |
| -cyesis (suffix type: none) | state of pregnancy |
| -cyte (suffix type: none) | cell |
| -cytosis (suffix type: none) | more than the normal number of cells |
| -derma (suffix type: none) | skin condition |
| -dipsia (suffix type: none) | thirst |
| -drome (suffix type: none) | to run, running |
| -duction (suffix type: none) | act of leading, bringing, conducting |
| -ectasia (suffix type: none) | dilation, expansion |
| -eous (suffix type: none) | composed of, like, resembling, of the nature of |
| -esthesia (suffix type: none) | feeling |
| -ferent (suffix type: none) | to carry |
| -glia (suffix type: none) | glue, neuroglial tissue |
| -globin (suffix type: none) | protein |
| -globulin (suffix type: none) | protein |
| -gnosis (suffix type: none) | knowing |
| -grade (suffix type: none) | to go |
| -graft (suffix type: none) | transplantation |
| -gravida (suffix type: none) | pregnant woman |
| -iac (suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
| -ice (suffix type: none) | noun ending |
| -icterus (suffix type: none) | jaundice |
| -ine (suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
| -ion (suffix type: none) | the act of, action, condition |
| -is (suffix type: none) | noun ending |
| -istry (suffix type: none) | specialty of |
| -isy (suffix type: none) | state of; condition |
| -itic (suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
| -ive (suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
| -ization (suffix type: none) | process (of) |
| -kinesia (suffix type: none) | movement |
| -lalia (suffix type: none) | speech, babble |
| -le (suffix type: none) | noun, verb, or adjective suffix |
| -lepsy (suffix type: none) | seizure |
| -listhesis (suffix type: none) | slipping |
| -lithiasis (suffix type: none) | condition of stones |
| -logist (suffix type: none) | specialist in the study of |
| -logy (suffix type: none) | study of |
| -lucent (suffix type: none) | to shine, clear, to shine through |
| -lytic (suffix type: none) | to reduce, destroy |
| -mania (suffix type: none) | frenzy, state of mental disorder |
| -manometer (suffix type: none) | instrument to measure pressure |
| -oid (suffix type: none) | resembling |
| -opaque (suffix type: none) | nontransparent, obscure |
| -opia (suffix type: none) | vision |
| -opsia (suffix type: none) | vision |
| -opsy (suffix type: none) | view of |
| -orexia (suffix type: none) | appetite |
| -ory (suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
| -os (suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
| -ose (suffix type: none) | pertaining to, sugar |
| -osmia (suffix type: none) | smell |
| -oxia (suffix type: none) | oxygen |
| -para (suffix type: none) | to bear (offspring) |
| -paresis (suffix type: none) | partial paralysis |
| -partum (suffix type: none) | childbirth |
| -pepsia (suffix type: none) | digestion |
| -phage (suffix type: none) | swallowing, eating |
| -phil (suffix type: none) | attraction for |
| -philia (suffix type: none) | attraction for |
| -phonia (suffix type: none) | voice |
| -phoresis (suffix type: none) | carrying, transmission |
| -phoria (suffix type: none) | feeling (mental state) |
| -phylaxis (suffix type: none) | protection |
| -physis (suffix type: none) | growth |
| -plakia (suffix type: none) | plaque |
| -plexy (suffix type: none) | stroke |
| -pnea (suffix type: none) | breathing |
| -poiesis (suffix type: none) | formation |
| -porosis (suffix type: none) | porous |
| -potence (suffix type: none) | power |
| -prandial (suffix type: none) | pertaining to a meal |
| -pressin (suffix type: none) | to press down |
| -ptysis (suffix type: none) | spitting |
| -salpinx (suffix type: none) | tube (usually the fallopian tube or Eustachian (auditory) tube) |
| -sarcoma (suffix type: none) | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| -schisis (suffix type: none) | splitting |
| -sclerosis (suffix type: none) | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -sis (suffix type: none) | state of; condition |
| -social (suffix type: none) | society |
| -spaias (suffix type: none) | slit, fissure |
| -spermia (suffix type: none) | condition of sperm |
| -sphyxia (suffix type: none) | pulse |
| -stasis (suffix type: none) | standing still, maintenance of a constant level |
| -stomy (suffix type: none) | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -surgery (suffix type: none) | surgery |
| -taxia (suffix type: none) | order, coordination, muscle coordination |
| -tension (suffix type: none) | to stretch, pressure |
| -therapy (suffix type: none) | treatment |
| -thorax (suffix type: none) | chest |
| -thymia (suffix type: none) | mind; emotion |
| -tocia (suffix type: none) | labor, childbirth |
| -tone (suffix type: none) | tone |
| -tonia (suffix type: none) | tone, degree of muscle tension |
| -tonic (suffix type: none) | pertaining to tone |
| -trophic (suffix type: none) | pertaining to nutrition |
| -trophy (suffix type: none) | nourishment, development |
| -tropia (suffix type: none) | turning |
| -tropin (suffix type: none) | to stimulate |
| -ula (suffix type: none) | small, minute |
| -um (suffix type: none) | structure, thing |
| -uria (suffix type: none) | urine |
| -us (suffix type: none) | condition; structure |
| -ac (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
| -al (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
| -ar (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
| -ary (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
| -eal (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
| -esis (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | condition |
| -ia (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | condition, state |
| -iatry (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | medicine, treatment |
| -ic (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
| -ical (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
| -ician (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | specialist |
| -icle (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | small, minute |
| -ile (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
| -ior (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
| -ism (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | condition |
| -ist (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | specialist |
| -ole (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | small |
| -ous (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
| -tic (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
| -ule (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | small, minute |
| -y (suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | condition; process |
| -algia (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | pain |
| -cele (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | hernia, protrusion, swelling |
| -dynia (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | pain |
| -ectasis (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | dilation or expansion |
| -edema (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | swelling |
| -emesis (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | vomit |
| -emia (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | blood condition |
| -gen (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | forming, producing, origin |
| -genesis (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | forming, producing, origin |
| -gram (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | record, writing |
| -graph (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | instrument for recording |
| -graphy (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | process of recording |
| -iasis (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
| -itis (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | inflammation |
| -lith (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | stone, calculus |
| -malacia (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | abnormal softening |
| -megaly (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | enlargement, large |
| -meter (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | instruments for measuring |
| -metry (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | act of measuring |
| -oma (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | tumor, neoplam |
| -osis (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -pathy (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | disease |
| -penia (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | decrease, deficiency, too few |
| -phagia (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | swallowing, eating |
| -phasia (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | speech |
| -phobia (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | fear |
| -plasia (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | development, growth, formation |
| -plasm (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | formation, development, growth |
| -plegia (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | paralysis |
| -ptosis (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | drooping, prolapse, downward placement |
| -rrhage (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | bursting forth (of), abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhagia (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | bursting forth (of), condition of abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhea (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | rupture |
| -scope (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | visual examination |
| -spasm (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | narrowing, stricture |
| -toxic (suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | pertaining to poison |
| -centesis (suffix type: surgical) | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| -desis (suffix type: surgical) | binding, fixation (of bone or joint) |
| -ectomy (suffix type: surgical) | surgical removal, excision |
| -lysis (suffix type: surgical) | destruction, separation, loosening |
| -pexy (suffix type: surgical) | surgical fixation |
| -plasty (suffix type: surgical) | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy (suffix type: surgical) | suture |
| -tome (suffix type: surgical) | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy (suffix type: surgical) | incision |
| -tripsy (suffix type: surgical) | surgical crushing |
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