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Medical Suffixes
Suffixes for Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | to break; surgical fracture |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen, -genesis | formation, producing, origin |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia, -plasm | formation, growth |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -toxic | poison |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -esis, -ia, -ism | condition |
| -iatry | medicine; treatment |
| -ician, -ist | specialist |
| -y | condition; process |
| -icle, -ole, -ule | small, minute |
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