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Medical Terminology
Suffixes
| Suffix - | Definition |
|---|---|
| -able | capable |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -act | to act |
| -ad | pertaining to |
| -age | related to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algesia | condition of pain |
| -algia | pain, ache |
| -ant | forming |
| -apheresis | removal, remove |
| -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -ate, -ate(d) | use, action, having the form of, possessing |
| -betes | to go |
| -blast | immature cell, germ cell, embryonic cell |
| -body | body |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical, puncture |
| -ceps | head |
| -cide | to kill |
| -clasia | a breaking |
| -clasis | crushing, breaking up |
| -clysis | injection |
| -cope | strike |
| -crit | to separate |
| -culture | cultivation |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cuspid | point |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyst | bladder, sac |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -dermis | skin |
| -desis | binding |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -drome | course |
| -dynia | pain, ache |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasia | dilatation |
| -ectasis | dilatation, dilation, stretching, expansion |
| -ectasy | dilation |
| -ectomy | surgical, excision, surgical removal, resection |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -er | relating to, one who |
| -ergy | work |
| -esis | condition |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| -form | shape |
| -fuge | to flee |
| -gen | formation, produce |
| -genes | produce |
| -genesis | formation, produce |
| -genic | formation, produce |
| -glia | glue |
| -globin | protein |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| -grade | step |
| -graft | pencil, grafting knife |
| -gram | weight, mark, record |
| -graph | to write, record, instrument for recording |
| -graphy | recording |
| -hexia | condition |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | condition |
| -iatrics | treatment |
| -iatry | treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ician | specialist, physician |
| -icle | small, minute |
| -ide | having a particular quality |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -in | substance |
| -ine | pertaining to, substance |
| -ing | quality of |
| -ion | process |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -is | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | one who specializes, agent |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ity | condition |
| -ive | nature of, quality of |
| -ize | to make, to treat or combine with |
| -kinesia | motion, movement |
| -kinesis | motion, movement |
| -lalia | to talk |
| -lemma | sheath, rind |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lexia | diction, word, phrase |
| -liter | liter |
| -lith | stone |
| -logy | study of |
| -lymph | clear fluid, serum, pale fluid |
| -lysis | destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening, dissolution |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | madness |
| -megaly | enlargement, large |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| -mnesia | memory |
| -morph | form, shape |
| -noia | mind |
| -oid | resemble, like, similar |
| -ole | opening, small |
| -oma | tumor, mass, fluid collection |
| -omion | shoulder |
| -on | pertaining to |
| -one | hormone |
| -opia | sight, vision |
| -opsia | sight, vision |
| -opsy | to view |
| -or | one who, doer |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ose | pertaining to |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -pathy | disease, emotion |
| -penia | lack of deficiency, abnormal reduction |
| -pepsia | to digest, digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia | to eat, to swallow |
| -phasia | to speak, speech |
| -phil | attraction |
| -philia | attraction |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoresis | to carry |
| -phragm | fence |
| -phraxis | to obstruct |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | growth |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -plasia | formation, produce |
| -plasm | thing formed, plasma |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | stroke, paralysis, palsy |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -praxia | action |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping, sagging, falling down |
| -ptysis | to spit, spitting |
| -rrhage | to burst forth, bursting forth |
| -rrhagia | to burst forth, bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | to view, examine, visual examination |
| -sepsis | decay |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| -some | body |
| -sound | sound |
| -spasm | tension, spasm, contraction |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stasis | control, stop, stand still |
| -staxis | dripping, trickling |
| -sthenia | strength |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -systole | contraction |
| -taxia | order, coordination |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thermy | heat |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tone | tension |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -troph(y) | nourishment, development |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -type | type |
| -um | tissue, structure |
| -ure | urination, condition of urine |
| -us | pertaining to, structure |
| -y | condition, process, pertaining to |
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