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MED Term 104
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ist | Specialist of |
| -ology | The study of |
| -logist | Specialist of the study of |
| -algia | Pain (myalgia) |
| -dynia | Pain (gastrodynia) |
| -cele | Hernia - a bulging tissue into an area where it does not belong |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loose, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening (osteomalacia) |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oid | resembling (keloid) |
| -oma | tumor (melonoma) |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency ( like pueny) |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage -rrhea | excessive flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centiesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -tomy | incision or cutting procedure |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -graph | intrsument used to produce record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation (retinopexy) |
| -plasty | reconstruction (rhinoplasty) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -iatrics | medical science (pediatrics) |
| -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist of medicine |
| -ec | out |
| -ectomy | to cut out, removal (procedure) |
| -icle | small (ventricle) |
| -ole | small (arteriole) |
| -ule | small (pustule) |
| -ula | small (uvula) |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -y | condition, process |
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