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Medical Terminology
Suffixes (Complex, Test, Treatment), Word Parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -icle | Small |
| -ole | Small |
| -ule | Small |
| -ula | Small |
| -lysis | Loosen, Break Down |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -ium | Tissue, Structure |
| -stomy | Creation of an opening |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -plasty | Reconstruction |
| -pexy | Surgical Fixation |
| -desis | Binding Fixation |
| -ectomy | Removal |
| -malacia | Abnormal Softening |
| -ac | Pertaining to |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -eal | Pertaining To |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -tic | Pertaining to |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -logist | Specialist in the Study Of |
| -iatrics | Medical Science |
| -iatry | Medical Science |
| -iatrist | Specialist in the Medicine of |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -logy | Study of |
| -algia | Pain |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -penia | defiency |
| -ptosis | Drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -iasis | Presence of |
| -osis | Condition |
| -emia | Blood Condition |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -tomy | Incision |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ism | Condition |
| -graphy | Process of Recording |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -scope | Instrument used for looking |
| -y | Condition, Procedure |
| -scopy | Process of looking |
| -centesis | Puncture |
| -spasm | Involuntary Contraction |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -rrhea | Flow |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -gram | Written Record |
| -graph | Instrument used to produce a record |