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Med-Term (Suffixes)
medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | adjective suffix |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -gen, genic; genesis | origin, cause, formation |
| -ic | adjective suffix denoting of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -pathy | disease |
| -scope | viewing, an instrument used for viewing |
| -cele | protrusion, hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -desis | surgical binding |
| -ectasis, -ectasia | expansion or dilation |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -edema | excessive fluid in intracellular tissues |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -genic | origin, producing |
| -gram | written or pictorial record |
| -graph | device for graphic or pictorial recording |
| -graphy | act of graphic or pictorial recording |
| -iasis | a suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a condition |
| -ism | a condition of; a process; or a state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone, calculus, calcification |
| -lysis | disintegration |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | device for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling or like |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opsy | visual examination |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | reduction of size or quantity |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phobia | fear, appears mainly as a suffix |
| -plasia | abnormal formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breath, respiration |
| -poiesis | producing |
| -porosis | porous condition |
| -ptosis | downward displacement |
| -rrhage | flowing forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardness |
| -scope | device for viewing |
| -scopy | act of viewing |
| -spasm | muscular contraction |
| -stasis | level; unchanging |
| -stenosis | narrowed; blocked |
| -stomy | permanent opening |
| -tome | instrument for cutting |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
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