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Medical Suffixes

TermDefinition
-ac pertaining to
-al pertaining to
-algia pain
-ar pertaining to
-cele hernia
-centesis puncture
-desis binding
-dynia pain
-eal pertaining to
-ectomy removal
-emia blood condition
-gram written record
-graph instrument used to produce a record
-graphy writing procedure
-ia condition
iatrics medical science
-iatrist specialist in medicine of
-iatry medical science
-ic pertaining to
-icle small
-ism condition
-ist specialist
-itis inflammation
-ium tissue, structure
-logistic specialist in the study of
-logy study of
-lysis loosen, break down
-malacia abnormal softening
-megaly enlargement
meter instrument used to measure
-metry process of measuring
-oid resembling
-ole small
-oma tumor
-osis condition
-ous pertaining to
-pathy disease
-penia deficiency
-pexy surgical fixation
-plasty reconstruction
-ptosis drooping
-rrhage, -rrhagia excessive g=flow
-rrhaphy sutures
-rrhea flow
-rrhexia rupture
-scope instrument used to look
-scopy process of looking at
-spasm involuntary contraction
-stomy creation of an opening
-tic pertaining to
-tomy incision
-ula, -ula small
-y condition, process
proximal closer in to the center
distal farther away from the center
lateral out to the side
medial toward the middle
ventral/antral/anterior the front
dorsal/posterior the back
cranial toward the top
caudal toward the bottom
Created by: Kiefeg
 

 



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