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Medical Term: Unit 1
Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| - algia - dynia | Pain |
| -ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ial -ic -ical -ous -tic -um | Pertaining to |
| - blast | rapidly dividing cell |
| - cele | herniation, pouch (something sticking out where it shouldn’t) |
| - centesis | surgical puncture |
| - cide | kill |
| - cise - sect | cut |
| - cyte | cell |
| - desis | surgical union, binding (esp musculoskeletal system, compare -pexy) |
| - ectomy | surgical removal |
| - emia | blood condition |
| - gen - genesis - genic | produce, origin, create, give rise to |
| - gram | visual record |
| - graph | instrument used to produce a visual record |
| - graphy | procedure used to produce a visual record |
| - ia , - y | condition, disease |
| - iatrics , - iatry | medical science |
| - iatrist | specialist in the practice |
| - ician | one who |
| - icle , - ole , - ula , - ule | diminutive; makes whatever is in front of it smaller |
| - ise , - ize | ending that makes a noun into a verb |
| -ism , - ity | condition or procedure (or belief) |
| - ist | specialist |
| - itis | inflammation, infection |
| - ium | tissue or structure |
| - lith | stone |
| - logist | specialist in the study of |
| - logy | study of |
| - lysis | breakdown; destruction |
| - malacia | softening |
| - megaly | enlargement |
| - meter | instrument for measurement |
| - metry | the process of using an instrument for measurement |
| - mortem | dead |
| - oid | resembling |
| - oma | tumor or swelling |
| - osis | condition |
| - ostomy | surgically create permanent opening |
| - otomy | cut; incision |
| - pathy | disease |
| - penia | deficiency; lack of |
| - pexy | surgical fixation (esp soft tissue, organs; compare -desis) |
| - plasty | surgical reconstruction or reformation |
| - ptosis | drooping |
| - rrhage -rrhea | excessive flow |
| - rrhaphy | surgical formation of a seam |
| - rrhexis | rupture |
| - scope | instrument for visualizing something |
| - scopy | process of using an instrument to visualize something |
| - spasm | involuntary contraction |
| - stasis | standing still, stopped |
| - stenosis | narrowing, abnormal decrease in size of an opening |
| - stomy | creation of an opening |
| - tome | cutting instrument |
| - trophic | nutrition, development |
| - trophy | growth, development |
| - tropic | influencing, affect |
Created by:
ryrenkiewicz
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