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HLHS 101 Ch1
Introduction to Medical Language Suffixes
Definition | Suffix |
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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 |