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Med Term Suffixes
Term | Meaning |
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-a | noun ending, no meaning |
-ac | pertaining to |
-ad | toward |
-algia | pain |
-amnios | amnion, amniotic fluid |
-apheresis | removal |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-asthenia | weakness |
-carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
-cele | hernia, protrusion, swelling |
-centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid. |
-crine | to secrete |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
-drome | run, running |
-e | noun ending, no meaning |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
-ectomy | excision, surgical removal, cut out |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | in the blood. |
-esis | condition |
-gen | substance or agent that produces or causes. |
-genic | producing, originating, causing |
-gram | the record, radiographic image |
-graph | instrument used to record; the record |
-graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
-ia | condition of, diseased state, abnormal state |
-iasis | condition |
-iatrist | specialist |
-iatry | specialty, treatment |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ictal | seizure, attack |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ism | state of |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist who studies and treats |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | separating, loosening, dissolution |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlarged, enlargement |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | measuring, process of measuring |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor, swelling |
-opia | vision |
-opsy | viewing, process of viewing |
-osis | abnormal condition, increased number (blood) |
-ous | pertaining to |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | abnormal reduction in number |
-pepsia | digestion |
-pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
-phagia | swallowing, eating |
-phobia | aversion, abnormal fear |
-physis | growth |
-plasia | formation, development, growth |
-plasm | growth, substance, formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-poiesis | formation |
-ptosis | prolapse, drooping |
-rrhage | excessive bleeding |
-rrhagia | condition of excessive bleeding |
-rrahapy | repairing, suturing |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-salpinx | fallopian tube, uterine tube |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
-schisis | split, fissure |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument used for visual examination |
-scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
-scopy | process of visually examining |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle |
-stasis | stop, control, standing |
-stenosis | constriction, narrowing |
-stomy | creation of artificial opening |
-thorax | chest cavity, chest |
-tocia | labor, birth |
-tome | instrument used to cut. |
-tomy | incision, cut into |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |
-trophy | nourishment, development |
-um | no meaning |
-uria | urine, urination |
-us | no meaning |