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MTER suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -arche | beginning |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | formative cell |
| -cele | hernia, tumour, swelling |
| -cidal | to kill or destroy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | abnormal increase in amount of cells |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -dynia | painful |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -genic | origin, beginning, formation |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | madness, obsession |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumour, swelling |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease, condition |
| -penia | lack of, deficient |
| -phobia | abnormal fear of |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | air, breath |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | rupture, profuse flow |
| -rrhagia | rupture, profuse flow |
| -rrhea | to flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling flow |
| -staxis | bursting forth, hemorrhage |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -taxia | coordination, order, arrangement |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tocia | labour, childbirth |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| -tropia | to turn |
| -uria | urination, urine |
| -xerosis | dryness |
| -centesis | aspiration or puncture to remove fluid |
| -clasis | to crush or break surgically |
| -clesis | closure |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectasia | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | removal, excision |
| -lysis | break down, release |
| -lytic | break down, release |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair or correction |
| -rrhaphy | suture, repair |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | visual examination with an instrument |
| -stomy | to create a more or less permanent opening |
| -tome | instrument for cutting |
| -tomy | incision into |
| -tripsy | to surgically crush or break |
| -coccus | spherical or ovoid bacterium |
| -cocci | spherical or ovoid bacterium |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -crit | to separate |
| -gram | record or tracing |
| -graph | instrument for recording or tracing |
| -graphy | process of recording or tracing |
| -metre | instrument to measure |
| -phil | love, attraction |
| -phoresis | transmission, to carry |
| -ac, -al, -an, -ar. -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal, -eous, | pertaining to |
| -ic, -ious, -ose, -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic, -tion | pertaining to |
| -ia, -iasis, -ism | condition of |
| -osis | condition of |
| -y | condition of |
| -cle, -cule, -ule | little or small |
| -ole | little or small |
| -er | agent or practitioner |
| -iatrist, -ist, -ician | agent or practitioner |
| -tor | agent or practitioner |
| -oid | resembling |
| -id | resembling |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -logy | process of studying |
| -opia | vision |
| -phagia | to eat, to swallow |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phonia | voice, sound |
| -prandial | meal |
| -ium | structure, tissue |
| -um | structure, tissue |
| -ize | quality of, act of |
Created by:
Ellamarieh
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