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Medical Terms Suffix
Medical Terms Suffixes (From Medical Terms for Dummies)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | Pain |
| -apheresis | Removal |
| -ar, -ary | Pertaining to |
| -ase | Enzyme |
| -blast | Immature |
| -capnia | Carbon dioxide |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture with needle to aspirate fluid |
| -chalasis | Relaxation |
| -continence | To stop |
| -cusis | Hearing |
| -cyesis | Pregnancy |
| -cytosis | Condition of cells |
| -des is | Surgical fixation |
| -drome | Run, running |
| -ectasis | Stretching or expansion |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal or excision |
| -emia | A blood condition |
| -flux | Flow |
| -gen | Producing |
| -genesis | Production |
| -globin | Protein |
| -globulin | Protein |
| -gram | Picture or finished record |
| -graph | Instrument used to record |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -iasis | Abnormal condition |
| -ician | One who |
| -ism | State of or condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -lithiasis | Calculus or stone |
| -lysis | Loosening, separating |
| -lytic | Destruction or breakdown |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -metrist | Specialist in the measurement of |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -ology | Study of |
| -om a | Tumor or mass |
| -apia | Vision {condition) |
| -opsy | View of, viewing |
| -a ptosis | Sagging |
| -orrhaphy | Surgical fixation m suturing |
| -orrhea | Flow, excessive discharge |
| -ory | Pertaining to |
| -oscopy | Visual examination of internal cavity using a scope |
| -ostomy | Creation of an artificial opening |
| -otomy | Process of cutting into |
| -oxia | Oxygen |
| -para | To bear, live birth |
| -paresis | Slight paralysis |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -pepsia | Digestion |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -phagia | Eating or swallowing |
| -phonia | Sound |
| -phoresis | Carrying/transmission |
| -plasty | Surgical repair or reconstruction |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -poiesis | Formation |
| -prandial | Meal |
| -ptosis | Drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -rrhagia | Burst forth, excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | Suture repair |
| -rrhea | Discharge or flow |
| -salpinx | Fallopian tube |
| -schisis | Cleft or splitting |
| -scope | Instrument used to visually examine |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -stasis | Stop or control |
| -stenosis | Narrowing or constricting |
| -thenia | Lack of strength |
| -thorax | Chest |
| -tocia | Labor |
| -tresia | Opening |
| -tripsy | Surgical crushing |
| -tropia | To turn |
| -uria | Urination, urine |
| -us | Condition |
| -ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic | Related to or pertaining to |
| -algi a, -dynia | Pain, discomfort |
| -ate, -ize | Subject to, use |
| -cele | Protrusion (hernia) |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture to withdraw or aspirate fluid |
| -cle, -cule, -ule, -ulus | Small |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -desis | Surgical fusion or binding |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -ectomy | Cutting out, surgical removal |
| -emesis | Vomit |
| -emia | Pertaining to blood, a blood condition |
| -ent, -er, -ist | Person, agent |
| -esis, -ia, -iasis,_-ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y | State of or condition of |
| -form, -oid | Looking like, resembling, or shaped like |
| -genesis | A beginning process, origin of |
| -genic | Produced by |
| -gram | A written record |
| -graph | Instrument used to record |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -ism | Condition or theory |
| -lysis | Destruction, breakdown, or separation |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -ologist | One who studies, a specialist |
| -ology | Study of, process of study |
| -opsy | To view |
| -otomy | Process of incision or cutting into |
| -ostomy, -stomy | Artificial surgical opening |
| -penia | Lack of or deficiency |
| -pexy, -pexis | Surgical fixation |
| -phagia, -phagy | Eating |
| -phobia | Morbid fear of or intolerance |
| -plasia | Formation, development |
| -plasty | Surgical reconstruction, or shaping of |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -poiesis | Production or manufacture of |
| -ptosis | Downward displacement, or drooping |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | Excessive flow or discharge |
| -rrhaphy | Suturing in place, fixation |
| -rrhea | Flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture or breaking away |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -scope | Instrument used to visually examine |
| -scopy | Process of visual examination |
| -spasm | Sudden or involuntary |
| -tome | Instrument |
| -tripsy | Crushing |
| -trophic, -trophy | Growth or development |
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