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Suffixes
All Suffixes from the Study Notes Sheet
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -atic | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion |
| -centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| -clasia | surgical breaking |
| -cle | small |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | abnormal cell condition (too many) |
| -derma | skin condition |
| -desis | surgical fixation |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | dilated, expansion |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -estesia | feeling, sensation |
| -genesis | produces, generates |
| -genic | producing |
| -gen | that which produces |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -gram | record, picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -iatric | medical specialty |
| -iatrist | physician |
| -iatry | treatment, medicine |
| -ia | state, condition |
| -ician | specialist |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | state of, condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -lith | stone |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -manometer | instrument for measuring pressure |
| -megaly | enlargement, large |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -nic | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | view of |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| -ose | pertaining to |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -osmia | smell |
| -ostomy | surgically create an opening |
| -otomy | create an opening |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -partum | childbirth |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | too few |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia | eat, swallow |
| -phil | attracted to |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phonia | voice |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -porosis | porous |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | excessive, abnormal flow |
| -rrhagia | abnormal flow condition |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | repture |
| -sclerosis | hardened condition |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -spasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stasis | stopping |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophic | development |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -ule | small |
| -uria | urine condition |
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