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Common Suffixes
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac | Pertaining to |
| -blast, -blasto, -blastic | Bud; Germ |
| -cyte, -cytic | Cell |
| -dynia | Pain; Swelling |
| -eal, -ial | Pertaining to |
| -ectasis | Expansion; Dilation |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -ia | Condition |
| -iasis | Condition; Formation of |
| -ism | Condition |
| -ites, -itis | Inflammation |
| -ity | Pertaining to |
| -ium | Structure or tissue |
| -lysis, -lytic | Break down; Destruction; Dissolving |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Condition; Usually abnormal |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | Deficiency; Lack of |
| -phagia, -phagy | Eating; Swallowing |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -plasia, -plastic | Growth |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -poiesis | Production |
| -ptosis | Falling; Drooping |
| -rrhage, -rrhagic | Bleeding |
| -rrhea | Flow or discharge |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -sis | Condition |
| -stasis | Level; Unchanging |
| -trophy | Growth |
| -uria | In the urine |