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A&P med terms
suffixes -able --zyme
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -able | able to, capable |
| -ac | referring to |
| -algia | pain |
| -apsi | juncture |
| -ary | associated with |
| -asthen | weakness |
| -bryo | swollen |
| -cide | destroy |
| -cipit | head |
| -clast | break |
| -crine | separate |
| -dips | thrist |
| -ectomy | cutting out |
| -ell, -ell | small |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -esthesi | sensation |
| -ferent | carry |
| -form,-forma | shape |
| -fuge | driving out |
| -gen | an agent |
| -glea, -glia | glue |
| -gram | data that are systematically recorded |
| -graph | an instrument used for recording data |
| -ia | condition |
| -iatrics | medical speciality |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lemma | sheath, husk |
| -logy | the study of |
| -lysis | loosening or breaking down |
| -malacia | soft |
| -mania | obsession, compulsion |
| -nata | birth |
| -nom | govern |
| -odyn | pain |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | defect of the eye |
| -ory | referring to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phil, -philo | like, love |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phragm | partition |
| -phylax | guard, preserve |
| -plas | grow |
| -plasm | form,shape |
| -plasty | reconstruction of a part, plastic surgery |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhagia | abnormal or excessive discharge |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -scope | instrument used for examinations |
| -some | body |
| -sorb | suck in |
| -stalsis | compression |
| -stasis | arrest |
| -stitia | come to stand |
| -stomy | establishment of artificial opening |
| -tegm | cover |
| -tomy | to cut |
| -trud | thrust |
| -ty | condition of, state |
| -uria | urine |
| -zyme | ferment |