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Med. Term
Chabner, Language of Medicine 11th edition-Chapter 04 Suffixes
Suffix | Meaning |
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-al | pertaining to |
-ation | process, condition |
-cision | process of cutting |
-crine | secretion |
-dipsia | condition of thirst |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | to produce |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ine | pertaining to |
-ism | condition, process |
-lapse | to fall, slide |
-lysis | loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction |
-meter | to measure |
-mission | to send |
-mortem | death |
-oma | tumor |
-ous | pertaining to |
-partum | birth |
-pathy | disease condition |
-phagia | to eat, swallow |
-phasia | speak |
-plasia | formation |
-plasm | formation |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
-section | incision |
-stasis | to stand, place, stop, control |
-tension | pressure, |
-thesis | to put, place |
-tic | pertaining to |
-trophy | nourishment; development |
-um | structure |
-uria | urine condition |
-y | process, condition |