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Med terminology suff
medical terminology suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -centesis | puncture |
| -ectomy | excision,removal |
| -stomy | forming and opening |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision or to cut into |
| -desis | binding,fixation |
| -pexy | suspension,fixation |
| -rrhapy | suture |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -clasis | break |
| -lysis | separation,destruction |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -algia | pain |
| dynia | pain |
| cele | hernia,swelling |
| ectasis | dilation,expansion |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| gen | origin,forming,production |
| genesis | origin,forming,production |
| gram | record,a writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| logy | study of |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | act of measuring |
| oid | resembling |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| para | to bear offspring |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease |
| phagia | eating,swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| philia | attraction to |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | formation,growth |
| plegia | paralysis,stroke |
| poiesis | formation,production |
| ptosis | prolapse,downward displacement |
| rrhage | bursting forth |
| rrhagia | bursting forth |
| rrhea | discharge,flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| scope | instrument to view or examine |
| scopy | visual examination |
| spasm | twitching |
| stasis | standing still |
| stenosis | narrowing,stricture |
| toxic | poison |
| trophy | development,nourishment |