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Suffixes
It's important to remember suffixes when learning medical terminology.
Term | Definition |
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-malacia | Softening |
-esis, -ism | Condition |
-algia, -dynia | Pain |
-cele | Hernia, Swelling |
-centesis | Surgical Puncture |
-clasis | To break; Surgically Fracture |
-rrhaphy | Suture |
-emesis | Vomiting |
-ectomy | Removal, Excision |
-tomy | Incision |
-graph | Instrument For Recording |
-esthesia | Feeling |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | Bursting (of) |
-emia | Blood Condition |
-meter | Instrument For Measuring |
-toxic | Poison |
-graphy | Prosses Of Recording |
-penia | Decrease, Deficiency |
-iasis | Abnormal Conditioning (produced by something specific) |
-osis | Abnormal Condition: Increase (Used primarily with blood cells) |
-edema | Swelling |
-itis | Inflammation |
-lith | Stone, Calculus |
-magaly | Enlargement |
-icle, -ole, -ule | Small, Minute, Little |
-lysis | Separation; Destruction; Loosening |
-ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic | Pertaining To |
-scope | |
-oma | Tumor |
-metry | Act Of Measuring |
-pexy | Fixation (of an organ) |
-ia | Condition |
-pelgia | Paralysis |
-plasty | Surgical Repair |
-pathy | Disease |
-scopy | Visual Examination |
-phobia | Fear |
-plasia | Formation, Growth |
-tome | Instrument To Cut |
-rrhea | Discharge, Flow |
-stomy | Forming An Opening (mouth) |
-cyte | cell |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
-tripsy | Crushing |
-ectasis | Dilation, Expansion |
-iatry | Medicine; Treatment |
-desis | Binding, Fixation (of a bone or joint) |
-gram | Record, Writing |
-stenosis | Narrowing, Stricture |