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Suffixes
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -able/-ible* | capable of e.g. remarkable |
| -ac/-al/-an/-ar/-ary/-eal/-ic/-ive/-tic* | pertaining to e.g. fundal/pancreatic |
| -ase | enzyme e.g. amylase |
| -algia | pain e.g. myalgia |
| -cele | hernia (protrusion of organ through its containing wall) e.g. cystocele |
| -centesis | procedure to aspirate fluid e.g. paracentesis |
| -ectasia/-ectasis | dilation e.g. telangiectasia |
| -ectomy | excision or removal e.g. appendectomy |
| -edema | swelling e.g. lymphedema |
| -emesis | vomiting e.g. hematemesis |
| -emia | blood e.g. anemia |
| -genic/-genesis* | beginning/producing e.g. osteogenic |
| -gram | record e.g. cholangiogram |
| -graph | instrument for recording e.g. polygraph |
| -graphy | process of recording e.g. echocardiography |
| -ia/-iasis | condition e.g. psoriasis |
| -ism | condition e.g. botulism |
| -ist | one who e.g. psychologist |
| -itis | inflammation e.g. pancreatitis |
| -kinesia/-kinesis | movement/motion e.g. hypokinesis |
| -logist | specialist e.g. radiologist |
| -logy | study of e.g. pathology |
| -lysis | loosening/freeing/breaking apart/destroying e.g. adhesiolysis |
| -lytic* | pertaining to destruction e.g. hemolytic |
| -malacia | softening e.g. chondromalacia |
| -mania | preoccupation e.g. pyromania |
| -megaly | enlargement e.g. cardiomegaly |
| -meter | instrument to measure e.g. glucometer |
| -metry | process of measuring e.g. geometry |
| -oid | resembling e.g. adenoid |
| -oma | tumor e.g. lymphoma |
| -opia | vision e.g. diplopia |
| -ose | sugar e.g. glucose |
| -osis | condition* e.g.ptosis |
| -ous | pertaining to/ characterized by e.g. mucous |
| -pathy | disease or abnormality e.g. adenopathy |
| -penia | deficiency e.g. osteopenia |
| -pexy | surgical fixation e.g. cystopexy |
| -phagia/-gic/-gy | eating/swallowing e.g. dysphagia |
| -phasia | speech e.g. dysphasia |
| -phobia | abnormal fear e.g. agoraphobia |
| -plasty | surgical repair e.g. arthroplasty |
| -plegia | paralysis e.g. paraplegia |
| -rrhage/-rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge e.g. hemorrhage |
| -rrhaphy | suture e.g. herniorrhaphy |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge e.g. diarrhea |
| -rrhexis | rupture e.g. capsulorrhexis |
| -sclerosis | hardening e.g. atherosclerosis |
| -scopy | examination with an instrument e.g. colonoscopy |
| -spasm | twitching e.g. bronchospasm |
| -stasis | stopping e.g. hemostasis |
| -stomy | forming of an opening e.g. tracheostomy |
| -tome | an instrument for cutting e.g. osteotome |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into) e.g. craniotomy |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing e.g. lithotripsy |
| -trophic*/-trophy | nutrition e.g. hypertrophy |
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