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Week 4 Med. Term
Suffixes for symptomatic and diagnostic purposes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -genesis | origin or production |
| -lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -cele | pouching or hernia |
| -ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | formation or presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition or increase |
| -phil, -philia | attraction for |
| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | to burst forth (usually blood) |
| -rrhexis | rupture |