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-SUFFIXES 2
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -AC, -AL, -AR, -ARY | PERTAINING TO |
| -CRINE | TO SECRETE |
| -CRIT | TO SEPARATE |
| -CYTE | CELL |
| -GEN, -GENESIS, -GENIC | PRODUCING, FORMING |
| -GLOBIN, -GLOBULIN | PROTEIN |
| -GRAM | RECORD |
| -GRAPH | INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING |
| -GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -IAC, IC, | PERTANING TO |
| -OID | RESEMBLING, LIKE |
| -(O)LOGIST | SPECIALIST OF |
| -(O)LOGY | STUDY OF |
| -OUS | PERTAINING TO |
| -PEPSIA | DIGESTION |
| -PHAGIA | EATING OR SWALLOWING |
| -PHONIA | VOICE OR SOUND |
| -PHORESIS | CARRYING TRANSMISION |
| -PHORIA | FEELING, MENTAL STATE |
| -PNEA | BREATHING |
| -POIESIS | FORMATION |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT FOR VIEWING |
| -SCOPY | PROCESS OF VIEWING |
| -SOMNIA | SLEEP |
| -STASIS | CONTROL, STOP |
| -THERAPY | TREATMENT |
| -THORAX | CHEST, PLURAL CAVITY |
| -TOCIA | LABOR, BIRTH |
| -TRESIA | OPENING |
| -TROPHY | GROWTH OR DEVELOPMENT |
| -TROPIN | NOURISH, DEVELOP STIMULATE |
| -VERSION | TO TURN |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -CELE | HERNIA, HERNIATION |
| -CYTOSIS | CONDITION OF CELLS |
| -DYNIA | PAIN |
| -EMESIS | VOMITING |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -IA, -IASIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| -ITIS | INFLAMATION |
| -LYSIS,-LYTIC | BREAK DOWN, DESTRUCTION |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| -PARESIS | SLIGHT PARALYSIS |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -PENIA | DECREASED NUMBER |
| -PHOBIA | ABNORMAL FEAR |
| -PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
| -PTOSIS | DROOPING AND SAGGING, PROLAPSE |
| -PTYSIS | SPITTING UP |
| -(R)RHAGE,(R)RHAGIA | BURSTING FORTH OF BLOOD |
| -(R)RHEA | FLOW OR DISCHARGE |
| -(R)RHEXIS | RUPTURE |
| -SCLEROSIS | HARDENING |
| -SPASM | CONTRACTION, TWITCHING |
| -STENOSIS | NARROWING, TIGHTENING |
| -CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE |
| -DESIS | BINDING TOGETHER |
| -ECTASIA, -ECTASIS | STRETCHING OR DILATION |
| -ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL,EXCISION |
| -(O)STOMY | CREATE A NEW OPENING |
| -(O)TOMY | INCISION INTO |
| -PEXY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -(R)RHAPY | SUTURE |
| -TRIPSY | CRUSHING FRICTION |