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Suffixes
It's important to remember suffixes when learning medical terminology.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -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 |
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