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Symptoms/Diagnosis
Suffixes: Symptoms or Diagnonsis and Word Associations 2.5
| Suffix | Meaning | Word Association | Word Association Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| -estasia,-estasis | dilatation, dilation (enlargment or stretching of a structure or part) | AngiectasisNeurectasia | Dilation of a blood or lymph vessel.Stretching of a nerve. |
| -edema | swelling | EdemaLymphedema | Presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues.Abnormal accumulation of tissue fluid brought about by lymphatic vessel disruption. |
| -emesis | vomiting | Emesis | Vomiting |
| -emia | condition of the blood | Bacteremia | Presence of bacteria in the blood. |
| -ia,-iasis | condition | Hysteria | Condition named b/c long ago hysterical wmn. were thuoght to suffer from a disturbed condition of the uterus (hyster/o). |
| -itis | inflammation | Otitis | Inflammation of the ear. |
| -lith | stone or calculus | cholelith | AKA gallstone |
| -malacia | soft, softening | Osteomalacia | Softening of the bones |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation | Kleptomania | Stealing on impulse. |
| -megaly | enlargement | Mega | Large |
| -oid (forms adj./n.) | resembling | Muciod | Similar to or resembling mucus. |
| -oma | tumor | Carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| -osis | condition (often abnormal) | Neurosis | Nervous condition that's not caused by a demonstrable structural change. |
| -pathy | disease | Pathogenic(derives from words containing path/o) | Can cause disease. |
| -penia | deficiency | Calcepenia | Deficiency of calcium. |
| -phobia | abnormal | Phobia | Obsessive, irrational fear of a specific obj, activity, or phys. situation. |
| -ptosis | prolapse (sagging) | Ptosis | sagging, drooping of the eyelids. |
| -rrhage,-rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage | Hemorrhage | Abnormal internal or external bleeding. |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge | Gonorhhea | Urethral or vaginal discharge is a primary feature. |
| -rrhexis | rupture | Cardiorrhexis | "Ruptured heart" |
| -spasm | twitching, cramping | Spasm | Involuntary and sudden movement or convulsive muscular contraction. "Cramps" |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling | Stasis | Slowing or stopping |
| -algia,-denia | pain | NeuralgiaOtodynia(otalgia) | Pain along the course of a nerve.Pain in the ear. |
| -cele | hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through wall of cavity that contains it) | encephalocele | Hernai of the brain through an opening in the skull |
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