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Medical Terminology
Suffix
Term | Definition |
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-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 |