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Medical Terminology
CH 2 - SUFFIX Table 1 - 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| –iatrics, -iatry | field of medicine |
| –iatrist, -ician, -ist | specialist |
| –logist, -ologist | specialist in the study of |
| –logy, -ology | study of |
| –centesis | surgical puncture |
| –cidal, -cide | destroying, killing |
| -acusia, -acusis, -cusis | hearing |
| -algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy | vision, view of |
| -osmia | smell, odor |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -clasis, -clast | to break |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous | creating, producing |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | movement |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -uresis | urination |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| -pause, -stasis | cessation, stopping |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phage, -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pathy | disease |
| -partum, -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -oma | tumor |
| -oid | resembling |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -malacia | softening |
| -lith | stone |
| -lepsy, -leptic | seizure |
| -cele hernia | hernia |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -iasis | pathological condition or state |
| -ia, -ism | condition |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -emia | a condition of the blood |
| -edema | swelling |
| -derma | skin |
| -cytosis | a condition of cells |
| -constriction | narrowing |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -salpinx | uterine (fallopian) tube |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
| -pneic | pertaining to breathing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation or growth |
| -phonia | voice |
| -plasia, -plasm | formation, growth |
| -uria | urine |
| -trophy | nourishment, growth |
| -thorax | chest |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| graph | recording instrument |
| -static | not in motion, at rest |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -scope | viewing instrument |
| -meter | measuring instrument |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal | pertaining to |
| -ial, -ic, -ical, -ory, -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic, -tous | pertaining to |
| -stomy | mouthlike opening |
| -prandial | meal |
| -ole, -ule | small |
| -gram | record |
| -cyte, -cytic | cell |
| -y | -ies |
| -us (thrombus) | -i ( thrombi) |
| -um (diverticulum) | -a (diverticula) |
| -ix, -ex (appendix) | -ices ( appendices) |
| -a (vertebra) | -ae ( vertebrae) |
| -ax (thorax ) | -aces ( thoraces) |
| -is (diagnosis) | -es ( diagnoses) |
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