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Medical Term Suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -iatrics, -iatry | field of medicine |
| -iatrist, -ician, -ist | specialist |
| -logist, -ologist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy, -ology | study of |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cidal, -cide | destroying, killing |
| -desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together |
| -dilation | widening, stretching, expanding |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -metry | measurement |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture, suturing |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | cutting into, incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -acusia, -acusis, -cusis | hearing |
| -algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy | vision, view of |
| -osmia | smell, odor |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -clasis, -clast | to break |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous | creating, producing |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | movement |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -pause, -stasis | cessation, stopping |
| -phage, -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| -uresis | urination |
| -cele | hernia |
| -constriction | narrowing |
| -cytosis | a condition of cells |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | a condition of the blood |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -ia, -ism | condition |
| -iasis | pathological condition or state |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lepsy, -leptic | seizure |
| -lith | stone |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| -partum, -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -plasia, -plasm | formation, growth |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation or growth |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -pneic | pertaining to breathing |
| ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -static | not in motion, at rest |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -trophy | nourishment, growth |
| -uria | urine |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -meter | measuring instrument |
| -scope | viewing instrument |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ory, -ous, -tic*, -tous* | pertaining to |
| -cyte, -cytic | cell |
| -gram | record |
| -ole, -ule | small |
| -prandial | meal |
| -stomy | mouthlike opening |
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