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Medical Terminology
Common Suffixies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pretaining to | -as, -al, -ary, -ous, -ic, -ar, -eal |
| Condition of | -ia, -osis, -ism |
| Small | -icle, -ole, -ule |
| Pain | -algia, -dynia |
| Inflammation | -itis |
| Blood condition | -emia |
| -lysis | loosen or breakdown (define hemolysis) |
| -megaly | enlargement (define hepatomegaly) |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhage | excessive flow (define hemorrhage) |
| -spasm | involuntary contractions (define myospasm) |
| -graph | instrument used to produce or record (define cardiograph) |
| -scope | instrument used to look (define arthroscope) |
| -scopy | process of looking (define arthroscopy) |
| -ectomy | removal ( define hysterectomy) |
| -plasty | reconstruction or surgical repair ( define rhinoplasty) |
| -stomy | creation of an opening ( define colostomy) |
| -tomy | incision or cut |