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MT SUFFIXES for TS
Med Term for TS - SUFFIXES Body Organization & Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -able | capable of, able to |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -ation | action or process |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -crine | secrete |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasia | dilation, stretching |
| -ectasis | dilation, stretching |
| -ectomy | excision (surgical removal, cutting out) |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | condition of blood |
| -er | one who |
| -eum | membrane |
| -genesis | producing, forming |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -gram | a record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition, theory |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -iasis | condition |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -ible | capable of, able to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition, theory |
| -ist | one who |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | membrane |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -kinesia | movement, motion |
| -kinesis | movement, motion |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lith | stone |
| -logic | pertaining to |
| -logical | pertaining to |
| -logist | one who studies, specialist |
| -logy | study of, science of |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing, destroying |
| -lytic | capable of producing and destroying |
| -malacia | soft, softening |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | little |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ose | sugar |
| -osis | condition, abnormal |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing, ingesting |
| -phagic | eating, swallowing, ingesting |
| -phagy | eating, swallowing, ingesting |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | abnormal fear (sensitivity) |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -poiesis | production |
| -poietin | substance that causes production |
| -ptosis | prolapse, sagging |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhagia | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | suture (stitches) |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -schisis | split cleft |
| -sclerosis | hard, hardening |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | visual exam with a lighted instrument |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tome | an instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into) |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophic, -trophy | nutrition |
| -y | state or condition |
| -esis | action, process, or result of |
| -uria | urine or urination |
| -cidal | killing |
| -para | a woman who has given birth |
| -static | keeping stationary |
| -lexia | words, phrases |
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