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Suffix medical term
Suffix medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -tropin | Stimulating hormone |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -uria | Urine condition |
| -penia | Deficiency or abnormal reduction in number |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -centesis | Puncture |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal or excision |
| -algia, -dynia | Pain |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -ar, -ac, -al | Pertaining to |
| -ic, -ous, -tic | Pertaining to |
| -ia, -ism | Condition |
| -ium | Tissue or structure |
| -y | Condition of or procedure |
| -icle, -ole, -ule | Small |
| -iatrics, -iatry | Medical science |
| -iatrist | Specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -logy | Study of or study of science |
| -logist, -ologist | Specialist in the study of, who studies |
| -iasis | abnormal condition or presence of |
| -lysis | Loosen, breakdown, dissolution or separation |
| -malacia | Abnormal softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Condition or abnormal condition, meaning increasing |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -ptosis | Drooping ; downward displacement or sagging |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | Excessive flow, profusely |
| -rrhea | Flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -spasm | Involuntary contraction |
| -gram | Written record |
| -graph | Instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -scope | Instrument used to look |
| -scopy | Process of looking; looking procedure |
| -tomy | Incision |
| -opia, -opsia | Visual condition |
| -clasis, -clasia | Break |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -cele | Hernia, protrusion, swelling |
| -gen | Substance or agent that produces or causes, source |
| -graft | Surgical transplantation of a living tissue or organ |
| -listhesis | Sliding or slippage |
| -porosis | Porous, passage; having small holes/cavities |
| -plegia | Paralysis or stroke |
| -poiesis | Formation, production, creation |
| -sarcoma | Malignant tumor that arises from connective tissue like bone cartilage |
| -sclerosis | Abnormal hardening of a body part or tissue |
| -stenosis | Constriction, narrowing of passage or opening within the body |
| -stomy | Surgical creation of an opening |
| -thorax | Chest |
| -tripsy | To crush, surgical crushing |
| -trophic | Nourishment, growth, development |
| -tonia | Muscle tone, tension, tightness |
| -cyesis | Pregnancy |
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Alena stephanoff
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