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CH 2 Medical Suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ectasis -ectasia | dilation, expansion |
| -y | condition, process of |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -us | structure, substance |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -ptom | happening, occurrence |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -er | one who |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -phobia | fear |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -or | one who |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -mission | send |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -malacia | softening |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -cele | hernia |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| -toxic | poison |
| -ptosis | drooping, falling, prolapse |
| -ium | abnormal condition or disease |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -ole -ule | little, small |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -tripsy | crush |
| -iatry | medicine, treatment |
| -gram | record |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -icle | small, minute |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
| -clasis | to break; surgical fracture |
| -a -e -um | noun endings, creates a name for an item when attached to a root word |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -drome | run |
| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
| -opsy | to view |
| -genic | -pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in |
| -ac -al -an -ar -ary -eal -iac -ial -ic -ical -ine -ior -ory -ous -tic | pertaining to |
| -ago -esis -ia -iasis -ion -ism -osis | abnormal condition or disease |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -genesis | condition of, producing, forming |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
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