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Medical Term-ULIA
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -age | Related to |
| -cidal,-cide | Pertaining to killing |
| -form | Shape |
| -fuge | Driving away |
| -iatry, -iatrist | Healing by a provider/healer |
| -ical | Pertaining to |
| -ion | Process |
| -logy, logist | Study of, one who studies |
| -ole | Little, small |
| -opia | Vision |
| -phylaxis | Protection, prevention |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| -uria | Urine |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture |
| -cise | Cut, remove |
| -clasis | Break down |
| -desis | Stabilization, binding |
| -ectomy | Removal, excision |
| -gram | Record |
| -graph | Instrument for recording |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -ion | Process |
| -lepsy | Seizure, convulsion |
| -lysis | Destruction, separation |
| -meter | Device for measuring |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -pexy | Fixation, to put in place |
| -plasty | Surgical repair, reformation |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -spasm | Involuntary twitch |
| -stasis | Stopping or controlling |
| -stomy | A new opening |
| -tomy | Incision |
| -tripsy | Crushing |
| -algia | Pain |
| -asthenia | Weakness |
| -cele | Swelling, herniation |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -ectasis | Dilation, expansion |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -gen | Producing |
| -ia, -ism | Condition of |
| -iasis | Presence of, formation of |
| -I | Inflammation |
| -malacia | Weakening or softening of |
| -mania | Obsessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oid | Seeming like |
| -ole | Small |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | Disorder, disease |
| -penia | Deficiency, decrease |
| -phagia | Eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -phobia | Fear |
| -plasia | Formation of |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -ptosis | Drooping, falling |
| -rrhage | Bursting forth |
| -rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -sclerosis | Hardening condition |
| -trophy | Development |