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Suffixes Med Terms
Suffixes Medical Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -able | capable |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algesia | pain |
| -algia | pain, painful condition |
| -ant | doing, having |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -ate | status; state; function |
| -blast | immature, early stage cell |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ceps | head, leader |
| -cidal | killing, destroying |
| -cide | killing |
| -clasia | break |
| -clasis | breaking |
| -cle | small |
| -crine | secreting |
| -crit | separate |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical binding |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasia | dilation |
| -ectomy | (surgical) removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ergy | work |
| -esis | condition or state |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| -form | shape of |
| -gen | formation, producing |
| -genesis | formation, producing |
| -genic | produced by |
| -globin | protein |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| -grade | step |
| -gram | image/record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | recording (process) |
| -hexia | condition |
| -ia | condition |
| -ian | specialist |
| -iasis | condition or state |
| -iatrics | medical specialty |
| -iatry | medical specialty |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ician | specialist |
| -ics | specialty |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ing | action, process |
| -ion | process of |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -is | (noun form) |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ity | condition |
| -ive | character, quality |
| -ize | do, make |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| -lalia | speech, verbalize |
| -lemma | rind |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lexia | speech, spoken word |
| -lith | stone, calcification |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction |
| -lytic | decomposition |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | madness, obsession |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -mimetic | mimic, simulating |
| -mnesia | memory |
| -noia | mind |
| -oid | pertaining to, resemble |
| -ole | small opening |
| -ologist | one who studies |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -on | that goes |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -opsy | viewing |
| -or | doer, one who |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ory | relating to |
| -ose | sugar |
| -osis | (abnormal) condition |
| -ostomy | artificial opening |
| -otomy | cut in |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -paresis | weakness, slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | fixation (surgicial) |
| -phagia | eating, ingestion |
| -phasia | speech |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -phil(ia) | affinity for, attraction |
| -phobia | fear, aversion to |
| -phoresis | transmit, carry |
| -phragm | separation, wall |
| -phylaxis | protection, prevention |
| -physis | growth |
| -phyte | plant |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasm | formation, thing formed |
| -plast | formation, cell |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -praxia | activity |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | visual examination instrument |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sepsis | putrefying |
| -sis | condition, state of |
| -some | body |
| -spasm | contraction, spasm |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stasis | control, stop |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -taxia | coordination |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tony | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -troph(y) | nourishment, growth |
| -trophic | growth, development |
| -tropic | turning to, affinity for |
| -type | class, grouping, type |
| -ule | small |
| -um | structure |
| -ure | process |
| -uria | urine contition |
| -us | structure |
| -y | condition, process |
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