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MA Terminology suffi
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -age | Related to |
| -cidal -cide | Pertaining to killing |
| -form | Shape |
| -fuge | Driving away |
| -iatry -iatrist | Healer Healing by a provider |
| -ical | Pertaining to |
| -ion | Process |
| -logy -logist | Study of One who studies |
| -ole | Little, small |
| -opia | Vision |
| -phylaxis | Protection Prevention |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| -uria | Urine |
| -centesis | Surgical procedure Puncture to drain Tapping a keg Arthrocentesis puncture & drain joint |
| -cise | Cut Remove |
| -clasis | Breakdown |
| -desis | Stabilization Binding |
| -ectomy | Removal Excision |
| -gram | Record |
| -graph | Instrument for recording |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -ion | Process |
| -lepsy | Seizure Convulsion |
| -lysis | Destruction Separation |
| -meter | Device for measuring |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -pexy | Fixation To put in place |
| -plasty | Surgical repair Reformation |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -spasm | Involuntary twitch Contraction Veins can do this also |
| -stasis | Stopping or controlling |
| -stomy | A new opening To the outside of the body that remains |
| -tomy | Incision In to |
| -tripsy | Crushing Shaking to crush Wine lady shaking her hips |
| -algia -dynia | Pain |
| -asthenia | Weakness |
| -cele | Swelling Herniation |
| -ectasis | Dilation Expansion |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -gen | Producing |
| -ia -ism | Condition |
| -iasis | Presence of Formation of |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -malacia | Weakening of Softening of |
| -mania | Obsessive Preoccupation Also hyperactivity |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oid | Seeming or behaving like |
| -ole | Small |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Condition Usually abnormal |
| -pathy | Disorder Disease |
| -penia | Deficiency Decrease Little |
| -phagia | Eating Swallowing Goldmember eating skin |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -phobia | Fear |
| -plasia | Formation of |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -ptosis | Stopping Falling |
| -rrhage | Bursting Forth |
| -rrhea | Flow Discharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -sclerosis | Hardening condition |
| -trophy | Development of |
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Dawn B
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