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terminology-suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, swelling, protusion |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | to break, surgical break |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| -genesis | formation |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -iasis | abnormal condition of |
| -ism | condition of |
| -lysis | destruction, separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ologist | specialist in the study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition of |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | fixation, suspension (of an organ) |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasty | surgical repair of |
| -ptosis | dropping, sagging, downward |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth of |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | tube (usually fallopian or eustachian) |
| -schisis | a splitting |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -tocia | child birth, labour |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | process of crushing |
| -triptor | instrument to crush |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | act of turning |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -itis | inflammation |