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Medical Term Suffixs
Suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| expansion or dilation | -ectasis |
| origin or production | -genesis |
| record | -gram |
| instrument for recording | -graph |
| process of recording | -graphy |
| small | -icle, -ole, -ula, -ule |
| blood condition | -emia |
| process | -ation |
| formation or presence of | -iasis |
| condition or process of | -y |
| suspension or fixation | -pexy |
| attraction for | -phil, -philia |
| rupture | -rrhexis |
| surgical repair or reconstruction | -plasty |
| treatment | -iatrics, -iatry |
| resembling | -oid |
| breaking down or dissolution | -lysis |
| abnormal reduction | -penia |
| pouching or hernia | -cele |
| inflammation | -itis |
| condition of | -ia, -ism |
| excision (removal) | -ectomy |
| incision | -tomy |
| creation of an opening | -stomy |
| enlargement | -megaly |
| falling or downward displacement | -ptosis |
| puncture for aspiration (suction removal) | -centesis |
| binding | -desis |
| noun marker | -e |
| condition or increase | -osis |
| tumor | -oma |
| stop or stand | -stasis |
| to burst forth | -rrhage, -rrhagia |
| involuntary contraction | -spasm |
| instrument for examination | -scope |
| process of examination | -scopy |
| formation | -poiesis |
| softening | -malacia |
| discharge | -rrhea |
| structure or tissue | -ium |
| pain | -algia, -dynia |
| suture | -rrhaphy |
| study of | -logy |
| specialist in treatment or study | -logist |
| specialize | -ist |
| instrument for measuring | -meter |
| process of measuring | -metry |
| pertaining to | -ac |
| pertaining to | -al |
| pertaining to | -ar |
| pertaining to | -ary |
| pertaining to | -eal |
| pertaining to | -ous |
| pertaining to | -ic |
| pertaining to | -tic |
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