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Medical terminology
Suffixes
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-al | pertaining to |
-ase | enzyme |
-blast | budding |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-cidal | causing death |
-clast | broken |
-crit | to separate |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-emesis | vomiting |
-gen, -genesis, -genic | producing |
-glia | glue |
-gram | something written |
-ia | state of |
-iac, -ic, -ior | pertaining to |
-ism | condition of, diseased or abnormal state |
-itia, -itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-lyte | destroy; reduce |
-lytic | dissolvable |
-mania | madness or insane desire |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-odia | smell |
-ologist | one who studies and practice |
-oma | tumor or swelling |
-opia | vision |
-opsy | to view |
-orrhea | flow, excessive discharge |
-orrhexis | rupture |
-osis | abnormal increase in production |
-ostomy | creation of an artificial opening |
-otomy | cut into or incision |
-oxia | oxygen |
-pathy | disease |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument used for visual examination |
-scopy | visual examination |
-sepsis | infection |
-spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
-stasis | control or stop |
-tomy | cutting |
-tropic | influencing |