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Sufix 2
Medical Terminology Sufix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -a | No, not, without |
| -ad | Toward |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -algia | Pain |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cyst | Bladder, Cyst |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -cytes | Cell |
| -cytes | Cells |
| -derm | Skin |
| -desis | Binding, Fusion |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -ea | Pertaining to |
| -eal | Pertaining to |
| -ectomy | Excision, surgical removal or cutting out |
| -ectomy | Excision |
| -edema | Swelling |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -emia | Condition of the blood |
| -genesis | Producing, forming |
| -gram | A record |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -ism | Condition |
| -ist | The one who |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -ium | Membrane |
| -lith | Stone, Calculus |
| -logic | Pertaining to the science or study of |
| -logical | Pertaining to the science or study of |
| -logist | One who studies; specialist |
| -logy | Study or science of |
| -lysis | Destroying |
| -lysis | Process of destroying |
| -malacia | Abnormal softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -neo | New |
| -nulli | None |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -opia | Vision |
| -osis | Condition |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -plasty | Surgical, repair |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -poiesis | Production |
| -ptosis | Prolapse |
| -rraphy | Suture |
| -rrhea | Flow, Discharge |
| -scope | Instrument used for viewing |
| -spasm | Twitching, cramp |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| -tomy | Incision, cutting into tissue |
| -toxic | Poison |
| -tripsy | Surgical crushing |
| -y | Condition |