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Medical Terminology
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac | Pertaining to Example: Cardiac |
| -al | Pertaining to Example: Skeletal |
| -ar | Pertaining to Example: Muscular |
| -ary | Pertaining to Example: Pulmonary |
| -eal | Pertaining to Example: Esophageal |
| -ic | Pertaining to Example: Medic |
| -tic | Pertaining to Example: Nuerotic |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ism | Condtion |
| -ium | Tissue, structure |
| -y | Condition, procedure |
| -icle | small |
| -ole | small |
| -ule | small |
| -ula | small |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia(a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn't belong) |
| -emia | blood conditon |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |