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MED TERM - SUFFIXES
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | condition of pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ia | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -osis | condition, abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhage or -rrhagia | excessive discharge of blood, excessive flow |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -uria | condition of urine |
| -al or -eal | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -ectomy | removal, resection, excision |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | separation, breakdown, destruction |
| -plasty | surgical repair, or surgical correction |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stomy | opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -otomy | incision, cutting into |
| -cele | hernia |
| -desis | binding |
| -dynia | pain |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -iatrics and -iatry | medicine science |
| -iatrist | specialists in medicine of |
| -icle | small |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -meter | instrument use to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -ula | small |
| -y | condition, process |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ism | condition, process |
| -sis | state of |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -paresis | partial or incomplete paralysis |