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Suffix 2-5 to 2-8
Term | Definition |
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-cele | hernia |
-constriction | narrowing |
-cytosis | a condition of the cells |
-derma | skin |
-edema | swelling |
-emia | a condition of the blood |
-gravida | pregnant women |
-ia, -ism | condition |
-iasis | pathological condition or state |
-itis | inflammation |
-lepsy, -leptic | seizure |
-lith | stone |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-oxia | oxygen |
-paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
-partum, -tocia | childbirth, labor |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phonia | voice |
-plasia, -plasm | formation, growth |
-plastic | pertaining to formation or growth |
-plegia | paralysis |
-plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-pneic | pertaining to breathing |
-ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
-salpinx | uterine (fallopian) tube |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-static | not in motion, at rest |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-thorax | chest |
-trophy | nourishment, growth |
-uria | urine |
-graph | recording instrument |
-meter | measuring instrument |
-scope | viewing instrument |
-tome | cutting instrument |
-cyte, -cytic | cell |
-gram | record |
-ole, -ule | small |
-prandial | meal |
-stomy | mouthlike opening |
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic, -ical, -ory, -ous, -tous | pertaining to |