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Suffixes
Heath Science
| 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 |
| 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 |