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Medical Term Suf-
Medical Terminology Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -agra | excessive pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -atresia | absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cele | hernia; protrusion |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -cidal | killing |
| -clasia | break |
| -clasis | break |
| -clast | break |
| -clysis | irrigating; washing |
| -coccus (pl. -cocci) | berry-shaped ( a form of bacterium) |
| -crine | separate; secrete |
| -crit | to separate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixation; fusion |
| -drome | run; running |
| -ectasis | stretching out; dilatation; expansion |
| -ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
| -ectopia | displacement |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -er | one who |
| -esis | condition |
| -iasis | condition |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genesis | origin; cause |
| -genic | producing; originating; causing |
| -gram | record; x-ray film |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording; xray filming |
| -ia | condition of diseased or abnormal state |
| -iatry | physician; treatment |
| -ician | one who |
| -ictal | seizure; attack |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lysis | loosening; dissolution; separating |
| -lytic | destroy; reduce |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | madness; insane desire |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| -morph | form; shape |
| -odia | smell |
| -odynia | pain |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ologist | one who studies and practices (specialist) |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumor; swelling |
| -opia | vision (condition) |
| -opsy | to view |
| -oorhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| -orrhaphy | suturing; repairing |
| -orrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
| -orrhexis | rupture |
| -osis | abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots) |
| -ostomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| -otomy | cut into or incision |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation; suspension |
| -phagia | eating; swallowing |
| -philia | love |
| -phily | love |
| -phobia | abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things |
| -phonia | sound or voice |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasia | formation; development; a growth |
| -plasm | growth; substance; formation |
| -plasty | plastic or surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -porosis | passage |
| -prandial | meal |
| -praxia | in front of; before |
| -ptosis | dropping; sagging; prolapse |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -schisis | split; fissure |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -scopic | visual examination |
| -sepsis | infection |
| -sis | state of |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stasis | control; stop |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stenosis | constriction; narrowing |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tocia | birth; labor |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| -ule | little |
| -uria | urine; urination |
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