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MH SUFFIXES
COMMON MEDICAL SUFFIXES
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| AC, AL | PERTAINING TO | CARDIAC, NEURAL |
| ALGIA | PAIN | NEURALGIA |
| AR, ARY | PERTAINING TO | MUSCULAR, URINARY |
| ASE | ENZYME | LIPASE |
| CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE A FLUID | THORACENTESIS |
| CYTE | CELL | ERYTHROCYTE |
| ECTOMY | EXCISION, REMOVAL | APPENDECTOMY |
| EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION | ANEMIA |
| GRAM | RECORDING, WRITING | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM |
| IA | STATE or CONDITION | HEMOPHILIA |
| IATR | TREATMENT | PEDIATRIC |
| IC, TIC | PERTAINING TO | THORACIC |
| ISM | CONDITION or STATE OF | HYPOTHYROIDISM |
| IST | ONE WHO SPECIALIZES IN | PHARMACIST |
| ITIS | INFLAMMATION | TONSILLITIS |
| IUM | STRUCTURE, TISSUE | PERICARDIUM |
| LOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF | CARDIOLOGIST |
| LOGY | STUDY OF | HISTOLOGY |
| LYSIS | BREAKDOWN, DESTRUCTION | HEMOLYSIS |
| METER | INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES OR COUNTS | THERMOMETER |
| OLE | SMALL | ARTERIOLE |
| OMA | TUMOR | HEPATOMA |
| OSE | PERTAINING TO | ADIPOSE |
| OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION | NECROSIS |
| OUS | PERTAINING TO | CUTANEOUS |
| OXIA | OXYGEN LEVEL | HYPOXIA |
| PATHY | DISEASE | CARDIOMYOPATHY |
| PENIA | DEFICIENCY | LEUKOPENIA |
| PNEA | BREATHING | DYSPNEA |
| POIESIS | FORMATION | HEMOPOIESIS |
| RRHAGE | BURST FORTH, EXCESSIVE FLOW | HEMORRHAGE |
| SPASM | TWITCH, INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE MOVEMENT | ARTERIOSPASM |
| STASIS | STOPPING, CONTROLLING, STANDING | HEMOSTASIS |
| TOMY | CUTTING, INCISION | PHLEBOTOMY |
| ULE | SMALL | VENULE |