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MED 121

SUFFIX

TermDefinition
CENTESIS surgical puncture
CLASIS to break; surgical fracture
DESIS binding, fixation of joint or bone
ECTOMY excision, removal
LYSIS separation; destruction; loosening
PEXY fixation of an organ
RRHAPHY suture
STOMY forming an opening (mouth)
TOME instrument to cut
TOMY incision
TRIPSY crushing
GRAM record, writing
GRAPH instrument for recording
GRAPHY process of recording
SCOPE instrument for examining
SCOPY visual examination
ALGIA , DYNIA pain
CELE hernia, swelling
ECTASIS dilation, expansion
EMESIS vomiting
EMIA blood condition
GEN, GENESIS forming, producing, origin
ITIS inflammation
MALACIA softening
MEGALY enlargement
OMA tumor
OSIS abnormal condition; increase (used primarily w/ blood cells)
PATHY disease
PENIA decrease, deficiency
PHOBIA fear
PLEGIA paralysis
PTOSIS prolapse, downward displacement
RRHEA discharge, flow
RRHEXIS rupture
SCLEROSIS abnormal condition of hardening
SPASM involuntary contraction, twitching
STENOSIS narrowing, stricture
TOXIC poison
AC, AL, AR, ARY, EAL, IC, IOR, OUS, TIC pertaining to
IA, ISM condition
IATRY, IST medicine; treatment
Y condition; process
ICLE, OLE, ULE small, minute
Created by: sisib16
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