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Sufixes
Med. Term 2017
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| - ectomy | Remoal,Fixation,Repair |
| -centesis | Surgical Puncture |
| -clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for examining |
| -metry | act of mesuring |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -algia: -dynia | Pain |
| -cele | Hernia: swelling |
| -ectasis | Dilation: expansion |
| -edema | welling |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -gen: -genesis | forming, producing, orign |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oma | tumor/cancer |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia: -plasm | formation, growth |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| -rrhage; -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scerlosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -spasm | involuntary condition, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -toxic | poison |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
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