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QC Med Term suffixes
suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genic | originating, producing, causing |
| -genesis | orign, cause |
| -ad | toward |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ab | away |
| -a | suffix that has no meaning |
| -coccus (-cocci, plural) | berry shaped (form of bacterium) |
| -malacia | softening |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -tome | instrument used for cutting |
| -algia | pain |
| -ectomy | cut out, removal, excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | condition, process |
| -opsy | to view |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stomy | artificial opening |
| -tomy | cut in, incision |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | sudden burst forth of blood |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -uria | condtion of urin |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, destruction |
| -plasty | surgical repair, surgical correction |
| -therapy | treatment |
| al, ic, ous, ar, ary, eal, ior | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -logist | one who studies or treats |
| -logy | study of |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
| -plasm | growth, substance, formation |
| -sis | state of |
| -stasis | control, stop,standing |
| -cele | hernia or protrusion |
| -ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stenosis | constriction or narrowing |
| -thorax | chest |
| -iasis | condition |
| -esis | condition |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -malacia | softening |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -ism | state of |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| -atresia | absence of normal body opening, occlusion, closure, |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube |
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