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Suffixes
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| centesis | to puncture/tap to draw fluid from |
| desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| ectomy | excision, removal, cut out |
| pexy | fixation |
| plasty | surgical repair, correction |
| rrhapy | suture |
| sect | to cut |
| stomy | forming a new opening |
| tome | instrument for cutting |
| tomy | incision into, cut into |
| tripsy | to crush, break down |
| puncture | to pierce a surface |
| assay | examine, analyze |
| gram | written record, recording |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| manometer | instrument for measuring pressure |
| manometry | process of measuring pressure |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metery | process of measuring |
| opsy | to view |
| scope | instrument for examining |
| scopy | process, of examining, examination |
| rrhagia | excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge |
| rrhage | excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| ac | (cardiac) |
| al | (dental) |
| ar | (tonsilar) |
| ary | (pulmonary) |
| ia | (bradycardia) |
| ic | (gastric) |
| ical | (chemical) |
| ium | (cardium) |
| ous | (mucous) |
| tic | (pancreatic) |
| us | (hydrocephalus) |
| algia | -algeisa - pain |
| cele | herneation, swelling |
| cide | killing, agent that kills |
| cyte | cell |
| emia | blood condition |
| ism | condition, disease |
| ist | specialist |
| itis | inflammation |
| logist | one who studies, specialist |
| logia | -logy - the study of |
| lysis | destruction, break down |
| megaly | enlarged |
| oid | resembling, like |
| oma | tumor, mass |
| opia | -opsia - vision |
| osis | condition of |
| pathy | disease |
| plasm | growth/formation of tissue |
| pnea | breath, breathing |
| porosis | porous, decrease in density |
| ptosis | drooping, prolapsed |
| ptysis | spitting, spit up |
| spasm | twitching, involuntary contraction |
| therapy | treatment |