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Medical terminology
Common suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion |
| -cise | cut |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -gen | that which produces |
| -genesis | produces, generates |
| -genic | producing |
| -ia | state, condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | study of |
| lysis | destruction |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement, large |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasia | development, growth |
| -plasm | formation |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive, abnormal flow |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -lith | stone |
| -lithiasis | condition of stones |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| uria | condition of urine |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | state of pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -partum | childbirth |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube |
| -tocia | labor, childbirth |
| -spermia | condition of sperm |
| -algesia | pain, synsitivity |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| -taxia | muscle coordination |
| -iatrist | physician |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -philia | affinity for, craving |
| -phobia | irrational fear |
| -lucent | to shine through |
| -opague | nontransparent |
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Yoshinao
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