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Diagnostic Suffixes
Pharmacy Technician
Suffix | Meaning |
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-algia | Condition of pain |
-emia | Blood condition |
-ia | Condition, disease |
-itis | Inflammation |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-oma | Tumor, mass |
-osis | Condition, abnormal condition |
-pathy | Disease condition |
-rrhea | Flow, discharge |
-rrhage | Bursting forth blood |
-sclerosis | Hardening |
-uria | Condition of Urine |
-al, -ar, -ary, -eal, or -ic | Adjective Suffixes used as "Pertaining to" |
-centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid (Thoracentesis) |
-ectomy | Removal, resection, excision (Tonsillectomy) |
-gram | Record (Myleogram) |
-graphy | Process of recording (Mammography) |
-lysis | Separation, breakdown (Dialysis) |
-plasty | Surgical repair/correction (Rhinoplasty) |
-scopy | Process of Visual Examination (Laryngoscopy) |
-stomy | Opening (Colostomy) |
-therapy | Treatment (Radiotherapy) |
-tomy | Incision, to cut into (Craniotomy) |