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Medical Term Ch 2
Adjective, Noun, and Diminutive, Diagnostic, Pathololgical and Related Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ia, ism | condition |
| ar, al, ac, ary, eal, ic, ical, ie, ior, ous, tic | pertaining to |
| itis | inflamation |
| emesis | vomiting |
| dynia | pain |
| logy | study of |
| gram | record or writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | act of measuring |
| scope | instrument for examining |
| scopy | visual examination |
| algia | pain |
| cele | hernia or swelling |
| ectasis | dilation or expansion |
| edema | swelling |
| emia | blood condition |
| gen | forming, producing, origin |
| genisis | forming, producing, origin |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease, deficiency |
| phagia | eating or swallowing |
| phasia | speach |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia , plasm | formation or a growth |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| rrhage , rrhagia | bursting forth |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| toxic | poison |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| iatry | medicine, treatment |
| ician, ist | specialist |
| y | condition, process |
| icle, ole, ule | small, minute |
| gnosis | knowing |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| tripsy | crushing |