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Ch 3- Suffixes
The Language of Medicine 11th Edition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| angi/o | vessel |
| blephar/o | Eyelid |
| -cele | hernia |
| -coccus | berry shaped bacterium |
| -cocci | berry shaped bacteria |
| -dynia | pain |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlarging |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease, condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, falling, prolaps |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -statis | control, stoping |
| metastasis | Beyond Control. The movement of cancer from one region to another |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| hypertrophy | Cells increase in size |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -um, ium | structure, tissue |
| hernia | protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it. |
| cystocele | occurs when part of the urinary bladder herniates thought the vaginal wall as a result of weakness of the pelvic muscle. |
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