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Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-itis | inflammation |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ous | pertaining to |
-pathy | disease |
-megaly | enlargement |
-al | pertaining to |
-cyte | cell |
-gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
-genic | producing, originating or causing |
-logist | a physician who studies and treats |
-logy | study of |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition (means increase with blood cells) |
-plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
-plasm | growth, substance, behaviour |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
-sis | state of |
-stasis | control, stop, standing |
-ad | toward |
-ior | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-a | no meaning |
-coccus | berry shaped (form of bacterium) |
-ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
-ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
-malacia | softening |
-opsy | view of, viewing |
-phagia | eating or swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-tome | instrument used to cut |
-algia | pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-cele | hernia or protrusion |
-centesis | surgical procedure to aspirate fluid |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
-emia | in the blood |
-gram | the record, radiographic image |
-graph | instrument used to measure |
-graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | measurement |
-pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
-scope | instrument used for visual examination |
-scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
-stenosis | constriction, narrowing |
-stomy | creation of artificial opening |
-thorax | chest, chest cavity |
-tomy | cut into, incision |
-iasis,-esis | condition |
-lysis | separating, dissolving, loosening |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
-rrhaphy | suturing, repairing |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |
-uria | urine, urination |
-ism | state of |
-clesis | surgical closing |
-salpinx | fallopian (uterine) tube |
-atresia | closure, occlusion |
-tocia | birth, labour |
-amnios | amnion, amnionic fluid |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-e | no meaning |
-is | no meaning |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-um | no meaning |
-us | no meaning |
-ac | pertaining to |
-apheresis | removal |
-penia | abnormal reduction in number |
-poeisis | formation |
-sclerosis | hardening |