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terminology-suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-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 |