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med term chap2 suffi
med term suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | to break; surgical fracture(of bone or joint) |
| -desis | binding, fixation(of a bone or joint |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, lossening |
| -plexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -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 |
| -meter | insrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -scope | instriment for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by someting specific) |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition;increase(used primarily with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, dificiency |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement (organ) |
| -rrhage | burst forth(of) |
| -rrhagia | burst forth (of) |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -toxic | poison |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
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