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Suffixes
Heath Science
Question | Answer |
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Centesis | to puncture/tap to draw fluid from |
Desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
Ectomy | excision, removal, cut out |
Pexy | fixation |
Plasty | surgical repair, correction |
Rrhaphy | 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 |
Rrhae | Flow, discharge |
Rrhexis | rupture |
Ac | (cardiac) |
Al | (dental) |
Ar | (tonsilar) |
Ary | (plumonary) |
Ia | (brandycardia) |
Ic | (gastric) |
Ical | (chemical) |
Ium | (cardium) |
Ous | (muscous) |
Tic | (pancreatic) |
Us | (hydrocephalus) |
Algia, Algesia | pain |
Cele | herniation, 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 |