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Wilma 4
Medical Terminology Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -a | Condition of |
| -aemia | blood |
| -ac/-al | concerning/pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -cele | swelling/protusion |
| -cnetesis | to puncture/tapping |
| -cide | kill/destroy |
| -syte | cell |
| -desis | binding together |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of |
| -gen | priducing/forming |
| -genesis | forming or origin |
| -genic | producing or forming |
| -gram | picture/tracing |
| -graph | machine that records/tracing |
| -graphy | procedure of recording/tracing |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -ia/iasis | condition of/state of |
| -iac | pertaing to |
| -iatric | pertaining to medicine/physician |
| -ic | concerning/pertaining to |
| -iosis/-ism | condition of/state of |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -lith | stone |
| -lithiasis | condition/presence of stones |
| -lysis | destruction/splitting/breaking down |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement of |
| -meter | measure |
| -natal | birth |
| -oedema | swelling caused by excess fluid |
| -ology | study of/science of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | condition of the eye |
| -orrhage | burst forth/bleeding |
| -orrhagia | condition of heavy bleeding |
| -orrhaphy | sew/repair |
| -orrhoea | flow/discharge |
| -oscopy | examination with a lighted instrument |
| -osis | condition of |
| -ostomy | artificial opening into |
| -otomy | cutting into/dividing/incision |
| -para | given birth |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | lack of/decreased |
| -pexy | fixation of |
| -phagia | swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -philia | liking/loving/affinity for |
| -phobia | irrational fear |
| -phylaxis | protection/prevention |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plasty | form/mould/reconstruct |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnoea | breathing |
| -ptosis | deooping/falling |
| -rhythmia | rhythm |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | lighted instrument used to examine |
| -scopy | examination with a lighted instrument |
| -stasis | cessation of movement/flow |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment/food |
| -uria | condition of urine |
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