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Medical Terminology
Suffix
Term | Definition |
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-ac;-al;-ar;-ary | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cele | wrist bones |
-centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
-crine | secrete |
-crit | separation |
-cyte | cell |
-cytosis | cell de struction |
-desis | bind, tie together |
-ectomy | removal |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-geneis | beginning |
-globin;-globulin | found in blood |
-gram | record, picture |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia;-iac;-ic | pertaining to |
-ism | practice or belief |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis;-lytic | destruction |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement, enlarged |
-oid | resembling, like |
-(o) logist | specialst |
-(o) logy | study of |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition, abnormal condition |
-ostomy | incision |
--parisis | motor weakness or partial paralysis |
-pathy | disease condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-pepsia | pepsin |
-phagia | to eat |
-phobia | fear of |
-phonia | sound |
-phoresis | sweat or perspiration |
-phoria | sweat or perspiration |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-poiesis | formation |
-r/rhage;r/rhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
-rrhea | runny |
-rhexis | condition or process |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument to view |
-scopy | process of viewing |
-somnia | sleep |
-spasm | constriction |
-stasis | control, stopping |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-therapy | treatment |
-thorax | chest |
-tocia | conditions of labor |
-tripsy | crushing, rubbing |
-trophy | nourishment, development |
-tropin | turning |