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Medica Term Suffixes
Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -AC, -AL, -IC, -AR, -IAL, -ARY, -OUS, -TIC, -EAL | PERTAINING TO |
| -AGRA | PAIN |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -APHERESIS | REMOVAL |
| -ASTHENIA | WEAKNESS |
| -ASE | ENZYME |
| -ATE | USE, SUBJECT TO |
| -ATRESIA | WITHOUT AN OPENING |
| -CAPNIA | CARBON DIOXIDE |
| -CELE | HERNIA |
| -CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVAL LIQUIDS |
| -CIDAL | KILLING |
| -CLASIA, -CLAST | BREAK |
| -CLE, CULE, -OLE, -OLA, -ULE, -ULUM, -ULUS | SMALL |
| -CLYSIS | IRRITATION, WASHING |
| -COCCUS, -COCCIS | BERRY-SHAPED |
| -CRIT | SEPARATION |
| -CRINE | SECRETE |
| -CYTE | CELL |
| -DESIS | SURGICAL FIXATION |
| -DROME | RUN |
| -DYNIA | PAIN |
| -ECTASIS | DIALATION |
| -ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL |
| -ECTOPIC | DISPLACEMENT |
| -EMESIS | VOMIT |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -ENT, -ER, -IST, -OR | PERSON OR AGENT |
| -ESIS, -IA, -A, -ISM, -ITY, -Y, -OSIS, -TION, -SIS, -IASIS, -SIA | CONDITION |
| -FORM, -OLD | RESEMBLING |
| -GEN, -GENIC | REPRODUCTION |
| -GENESIS | CREATION |
| -GRAM | RECORD |
| -GRAPH | INSTURMENT THAT RECORDS |
| -GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -IAC | PERSON AFFLICTED WITH |
| -IBLE, -ILE | ABLE, CAPABLE |
| -ICIAN | ONE WHO |
| -ICTAL | SEIZURE, ATTACK |
| -IST, -OLOGIST | SPECIALIST |
| -ITES, -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -IUM | MEMBRANE |
| -IZE | USE, SUBJECT TO |
| -LOGY | STUDY OF |
| -LYSIS, -LYTIC | DESTROY |
| -MA, -MAT | CONDITION, DISEASE |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -MANIA | MADNESS |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT |
| -METOR | INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE |
| -METRY | MEASUREMENT |
| -MORPH | SHAPE, FORM |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -OPSY | TO VIEW |
| -OXIA | OXYGEN |
| -PARESIS | SLIGHT PARALYSIS |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -PENIA | LACK OF |
| -PEPSIA | DIGESTION |
| -PEXY, -PEXIS | FIXATION |
| -PHAGIA, -PHAGY | EATING, SWALLOWING |
| -PHILIA, -PHILY | LOVE |
| -PHOBIA | ABNORMAL FEAR |
| -PHONIA | PERTAINING TO SOUND |
| -PHORIA | FEELING |
| -PHYSIS | GROWTH |
| -PLASIA, -PLASM | DEVELOPMENT |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
| -PNEA | BREATHING |
| -POIESIS | FORMATION |
| -POROSIS | PASSAGE |
| -PRANDIAL | MEAL |
| -PRAXIA | IN FRONT OF |
| -PTOSIS | DROOPING |
| -RRHAGE, -RRHAGIA | BLEEDING |
| -RRHAPHY | SUTURING IN PLACE |
| -RRHEA | DISCHARGE |
| -RRHEXIS | RUPTURE |
| -SARCOMA | MALIGNANT TUMOR |
| -SCHISIS | SPLIT |
| -SCLEROSIS | HARDENING |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT FOR EXAMINATION |
| -SCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| -SEPSIS | INFECTION |
| -SPASM | SUDDEN INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION |
| -STASIS | CONTROL |
| -STENOSIS | NARROWING |
| -STOMY | SURGICAL OPENING |
| -TOME | INSTRUMENT |
| -TOMY | CUTTING |
| -TRIPSY | CRUSHING |
| -TROPHY | DEVELOPMENT, NOURISHMENT |
| -ULE | SMALL |
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