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Suffixes
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | hernia, bulging |
| centesis | surgical puncture for removal of fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | dilation or distension of an organ |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | producing, forming |
| -gram | record, picture |
| -graphy, -graph | instrument for recording |
| -ia | disease, abnormal condition |
| -iasis | pathological condition |
| -iatry | treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| -ism | state, condition |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -ium | metallic element |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lith | stone |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breaking down |
| -lytic | destroy, reduce |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -meter | measuring instrument |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling, like |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia, opsia | vision |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -osmia | odor, smell |
| -ous | processing, full of |
| -paresis | incomplete, partial |
| -path, -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency, decreased number |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -philia | attraction to |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -rrhage | blood bursting forth |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -spasm | twitching, involuntary contraction |
| -stasis | control, stop |
| -stenoisis | narrowing |
| -stomy | artificial opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tocia | conditions of labor |
| -tomy | incision, cut |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tripsy | rubbing, crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -tropic, -tropia | turning |
| -ula, -ule | small |
| -uria | urine, urination |
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