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Medical terminology
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swellimg |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -genic | produced by, forming |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
| -iatry | physician, treatment |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| - | |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megay | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward, displacement |
| -rrhage | excessive flow, profuse discharge |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -ule | small, minute |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ectomy | to cut, remove; excision, removal |
| -ostomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -otomy | to make an incision or cut into |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
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