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MED TERM
TERMINOLOGY Appendix A: Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -acousis, -acusis | hearing |
| -ad | toward; in the direction of |
| -algesia | pain |
| -algia | pain or a specific painful condition |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | immature, forming |
| -cardia | the condition of having a specific kind of heart or heartbeat |
| -cele | hernia |
| -cidal | killing; destroying |
| -cide | killing; destroying |
| -clasis | breaking |
| -clast | breaking instrument |
| -crine | secreting |
| -crit | separate |
| -cyte | a cell |
| -cytosis | condition of cells |
| -derma | skin |
| -desis | binding |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood |
| -emic | relating to blood |
| -esthesia | sensation, perception |
| -form | in the shape of |
| -gen | producer |
| -genesis | origin |
| -genic | produced by |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -gram | a recording |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | pathological condition or state; presence of |
| -ic | of, pertaining to |
| -ics | treatment; practice; body of knowledge |
| -ism | condition of; disease |
| -itis | inflammation or disease of |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | movement or activation |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -leptic | pertaining to seizures |
| -lith | stone, calculus, calcification |
| -lithiasis | presence of stones |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study; practice |
| -lysis | destruction of, separation, breakdown |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -mania | obsession; madness |
| -meter | instrument for or method of measuring |
| -metry | process or method of measuring something |
| -odynia | pain |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -oma (pl., -omas or -omata) | tumor, neoplasm |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -opsy | view of |
| -ose | 1. full of; 2. carbohydrate |
| -osis | condition; state; process |
| -ostomy | opening |
| -oxia | Oxygen |
| -para | bearing |
| -paresis | slight paralysis; feeling of numbness and tingling |
| -parous | producing; bearing. |
| -pathic | of or pertaining to disease |
| -pathy | disease or diseased condition |
| -penia | small; deficiency; fewer |
| -pepsia | digestion. |
| -pexy | fixation; usually done surgically |
| -phage, -phagia, -phagy | consuming, eating; swallowing |
| -phasia | speaking |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -phil, -phile, -philic, -philia | love; desire for |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phonia | sound |
| -phoresis | carrying |
| -phoria | feeling; carrying |
| -phrenia | of the mind |
| -phthisis | wasting away, shriveling |
| -phylaxis | protection, prevention |
| -physis | growing |
| -plakia | plaque (small patch on skin) |
| -plasia | formation; development; growth |
| -plasm | thing formed |
| -plastic | forming |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | pertaining to paralysis; one who is paralyzed |
| -pnea | breath |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -poietic | pertaining to production |
| -poietin | substance that produces |
| -porosis | lessening in density |
| -ptosis | falling down; drooping |
| -rrhage | discharging heavily |
| -rrhagia | excessive bleeding (amount and/or frequency) |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -schisis | splitting |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | an instrument used for viewing or examining |
| -scopy | viewing; seeing; observing |
| -some | body |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -spasm | contraction |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stasis | stopping; constant |
| -stat | agent to maintain a state of equilibrium |
| -static | maintaining a state |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -stomy | surgical opening in an organ or body part |
| -tome | 1. cutting instrument; 2. part, segment. |
| -tomy | incision; cut into |
| -tripsy | crushing; pulverizing |
| -trophic | relating to nutrition |
| -trophy | nutrition; growth |
| -tropia | turning |
| -tropic | turning toward |
| -tropy | attracted to target structures |
| -uresis | 1. urination; 2. excretion in the urine (of the substance indicated) |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | turning (of the type specified) |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -centesis | puncture of a body cavity or organ to remove fluid or air |
| -therapy | treatment |
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