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Ch 3- Suffixes
The Language of Medicine 11th Edition
Term | Definition |
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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. |