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Medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -acusis | hearing |
| -al -eal -ar -ary -ic | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -algesia -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ate | posessing |
| -ation | process of |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -cardia | heart condition |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ception | conceiving |
| -cide | killing |
| -cision | a cut |
| -clasia -clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
| -clast | to break |
| -cleisis | closure |
| -clysis | irrigation, wahsing |
| -continence | to hold back |
| -crine | secrete |
| -cusia | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -dyction | act of leading or bringing |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -ema | condition, state of |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esis | condition |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| -ferent | to carry |
| -gen -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -glia | glue |
| -globin | protein |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| -grade | to go |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant women |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -iatry | medicine, treatment |
| -ician | specialist |
| -icle | small, minute |
| -icterus | jaundice |
| -ion | act of |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -isy | state of, condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ization | the process |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -lalia | speech, babble |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lucent | to shine, clear |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small, minute |
| -opia | vision |
| -opaque | obscure |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| -osmia | small |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -oma | tumor |
| -para | to bear |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficient |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -phage | swallowing, eating |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phil -philia | attraction for |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -phonia | voice |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -plasia -plasm | growth, formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plexy | stroke |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -potence | power |
| -pradial | meal |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| -schisis | a splitting |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual exam |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| -spadias | slit, fissure |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -tension | to stretch |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -tropia | turning |
| -tropin | stimulate |
| -ula | small, minute |
| -um | structure, thing |
| -uria | urine |
| -us | condition, structure |
| -verse | to turn |
| -version | turning |
| -y | condition, process |
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