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MedTerm-Suffixes
Med Term Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac, -al, -ary, -ic, | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain, suffering, painful condition |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| -gram, -graph | a picture, or record |
| -graphy | a process producing a picture or record |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -ia, -osis | abnormal condition, disease |
| po | by mouth |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction loosening |
| -kinesis | motion |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | the study of |
| -oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| -ostomy | surgical creation of an opening to the body |
| -otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
| -pathy, path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| -pause | stopping |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping forward |
| -rrhagia, -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid, discharge |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -uria | urination, urine |
| -opsy | view of |
| Sig | label instructions |
| mg | milligram |
| a-, an- | without, away from, negative, not |
| ambi- | both sides |
| ante- | before, in front of, forward |
| anti- | against |
| ap- | toward |
| brady- | slow |
| con- | together with |
| deci | tenth |
| demi-, hemi- | half |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| end-, endo- | within, in, inside |
| holo- | all |
| hyper- | increased, excessive |
| hypo- | decreased, deficient |
| im- | not |
| inter- | between, among |
| intra- | within, inside |
| iso- | equal |
| juxta- | beside, near |
| meso- | middle |
| mono- | one, single |
| neo- | new, strange |
| per- | excessive, through |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of, forward |
| supra- | above, excessive |
| tachy- | fast |
| ultra- | beyond |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o, leuk/o | white |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| erythr/o | red |
| hist/o | tissue |
| jugul/o | throat |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| lip/o | fat/lipid |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| myc/o | fungus |
| py/o | pus |
| pyr/o | fever, fire |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| somat/o | body |
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