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Suffix 2-1 to 2-4
Term | Definition |
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-iatrics, -iatry | field of medicine |
-iatrist, -ician, -ist | specialist |
-logist, -ologist | specialist in the study of |
-logy, -ology | study of |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-cidal, -cide | destroying, killing |
-desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding |
-dilation | widening, stretching, expanding |
-ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
-graphy | process of recording |
-metry | measurement |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture, suturing |
-scopy | visual exam |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | cutting into, incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-acusia, -acusis, -cusis | hearing |
-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia | pain |
-dipsia | thirst |
-esthesia | sensation |
-opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy | vision, view of |
-osmia | smell, odor |
-phobia | fear |
-phoria | feeling |
-clasis, -clast | to break |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-emesis | vomiting |
-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous | creating, producing |
-kinesia, -kinesis | movement |
-lysis | destruction |
-pause, -stasis | cessation, stopping |
-phage, -phagia | eating, swallowing |
-phasia | speech |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
-uresis | urination |