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HLHS 101 Ch1
Introduction to Medical Language Suffixes
| Definition | Suffix |
|---|---|
| Pertaining To | -ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ic -tic -ous |
| Condition | -ia -ism |
| Tissue or Structure | -ium |
| Condition or Procedure | -y |
| Small | -icle -ole -ule -ula |
| Medical Science | -iatrics -iatry |
| Specialist in Medicine of | -iatrist |
| Specialist | -ist |
| Specialist in the Study of | -logist |
| Study of | -logy |
| Pain | -algia -dynia |
| Hernia (a bulging tissue into an area where it doesn't belong) | -cele |
| Blood Condition | -emia |
| Presence of | -iasis |
| Inflammation | -itis |
| Loosen or Break Down | -lysis |
| Abnormal Softening | -malacia |
| Enlargement | -megaly |
| Resembling | -oid |
| Tumor | -oma |
| Condition | -osis |
| Disease | -pathy |
| Deficiency | -penia |
| Excessive Flow | -rrhage -rrhagia |
| Flow | -rrhea |
| Rupture | -rrhexis |
| Involuntary Contraction | -spasm |
| Puncture | -centesis |
| Written Record | -gram |
| Instrument Used to Produce a Record | -graph |
| Writing Procedure | -graphy |
| Instrument Used to Measure | -meter |
| Process of Measuring | -metry |
| Instrument Used to Look | -scope |
| Process of Looking | -scopy |
| Binding or Fixation | -desis |
| Removal | -ectomy |
| Surgical Fixation | -pexy |
| Reconstruction | -plasty |
| Suture | -rrhaphy |
| Creation of and Opening | -stomy |
| Incision | -tomy |
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