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VT123 suffixes
Veterinary Terminology - suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-ac / -al / -ic / -ous / -tic | pertaining to / relating to |
-algia | pain |
-ate | having / resembling / acting upon |
-cele | protrusion (hernia) |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-cle / -cule / -ole / -ola / -ule / -ulum / -ulus | small (diminutive) |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | cutting out |
-emesis | vomit |
-emia | blood condition |
-ent / -er / -ist / -or | person or agent |
-esis / -ia / -iasis / -ism / -ity / -osis / -sis / -tion / -y | state or condition |
-form / -oid | resembling / shaped like |
-genesis | development / origin |
-gram / -graphy | recording / written record |
-graph | instrument that records |
-ible / -ile | capable / able |
-itis | inflammation |
-ize | use / subject to (makes a noun or adjective into a verb) |
-logy | science / study of |
-oma | tumor |
-penia | deficiency of / lack of |
-pexy / -pexis | fixation |
-phage / -phagy | eating |
-phobia | abnormal fear or intolerance |
-plasia / -plastic / -plasty | forming / growing / changing |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhaphy | suturing in place |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | act of examining |
-stomy | surgical opening |
-tome | instrument for cutting |
-tomy | cutting / incision |