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FCC suffixes
Med term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac, -al, -ary, -ic, | pertaining to |
| -aligia | 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 | inflamation |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction loosening |
| -kinesis | motion |
| -malacia | abnormal softnening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| -ostamy | surgical creation of an opening to the body |
| -otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
| -pathy, path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| -pause | stopping |
| -pexy | surgical fixiation |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping foward |
| -rrahagia, -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal ecxess fluid, discharge |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -scope | an instrument used for visual examination |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -uria | urination, urine |
| -opsy | view of |
| sig | label instructions |
| mg | milligram |